Strong G3591ὄγκος
impediment
- Transliteration
- ogkos
- Pronunciation
- ong'-kos
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Probably from the same as G43; a mass (as bending or bulging by its load) that is burden (hindrance): - weight.
Detailed definition
ὄγκος, -ου, ὁ
bulk, mass; metaphorically, an encumbrance: Heb.12:1.†
SYN.: βάρος, a weight; φορτίον, a burden, that which is borne (AS)
bulk, mass; metaphorically, an encumbrance: Heb.12:1.†
SYN.: βάρος, a weight; φορτίον, a burden, that which is borne (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3591 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- weight1
First verses
- Hebrews 12:1Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
Occurrences by book
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ὄγκος, ὁ,
B bulk, size, mass of a body, μελέων ἀριδείκετον ὄ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 20.1; ἀέρος ὄ. [prev. author] 100.13; σφαίρης ἐναλίγκιον ὄγκῳ 4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 8.43: frequently in 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus, μήτε ὄγκῳ μήτε ἀριθμῷ “Tht.” 155a)]; τὸν.. ὄ. τοῦ ἀριθμοῦ their total number, [Refs (“Lg.” 737c; τὸν τῶν σαρκῶν ὄ. [prev. work] 959c)]; σμικρᾶς πόλεως ὄ. a city of small size, Plt.[Refs (259b)]; ἔχθρας ὄ. μέγαν [Refs (“Lg.” 843b)]; θαυμαστὸν ὄ. ἀράμενοι τοῦ μύθου taking on my shoulders a monstrous great story, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“Plt.” 277b, etc.: frequently also in 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus)], the space filled by a body, opposed to τὸ κενόν, [Refs (“Ph.” 203b28, +others; ἴσος τὸν ὄ.)]in bulk, GC [Refs (326b20; ὄγκῳ μικρόν “EN” 1178a1, etc.)]
B.b flatulent distentions, [Refs (Diocl.fragment 43 (_plural_).)]
B.2 bulk, mass, body, ὄ. φρυγάνων a heap of faggots, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.62)]; ὄ. μαλθακός mass or roll of something soft, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 26)]; σμικρὸς ὄ. ἐν σμικρῷ κύτει, of a dead man's ashes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1142)]; γαστρὸς ὄ., of a child in the womb, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 15; ὄ. πλήρης φλεβίων 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 515b1: _plural_, ὄγκοι)]bodies, material substances, [Refs ([prev. author] “Metaphorical” 1085a12, 1089b14)]; also ὁ ὄ. τῆς φωνῆς the volume of the note, [Refs ([prev. author] “Aud.” 804a15.)]
B.3 a bushy top-knot, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 4.133.)]
B.4 the human body, τῆς χολῆς ἀναχεομένης εἰς τὸν ὄ. [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus “ἀνατομή” 30, compare 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.26, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.653f, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 1.272.)]
B.II metaphorically, bulk, weight, trouble, βραχεῖ σὺν ὄ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1341.)]
B.II.2 weight, dignity, pride, and in bad sense, self-importance, pretension, ὄ. ὀνόματος μητρῷος pride in the name of mother, [Refs ([prev. author] “Tr.” 817)]; ὄγκον αἴρειν exalt one's dignity, [Refs ([prev. author] “Aj.” 129; βραχὺν.. μῦθον οὐκ ὄγκου πλέων)]of pretension, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “OC” 1162; μείζον᾽ ὄ. δορὸς ἤ φρενῶν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 1158; ἔχει τιν᾽ ὄ. Ἄργος Ἑλλήνων πάρα [prev. author] “Ph.” 717; ἐς ὄ. βλέπειν τύχης [prev. author] “fragment” 81; τοῖς ζῶσι δ᾽ ὄγκος [prev. author] “Rh.” 760; ὁ τῶν ὑπεροπτικῶν ὄ. 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 1.30; τῷ.. γένους ὄγκῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus Alcaeus1.121b; πραγμάτων ὄ. 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 548; τῆς ἀρχῆς τὸ μέγεθος καὶ ὁ ὄ. 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Fabius Maximus” 4; ὄγκον περιθεῖναί τινι [prev. author] “Per.” 4, etc.)]
B.II.3 of style, loftiness, majesty, ὄ. τῆς λέξεως [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1407b26; ὁ τοῦ ποιήματος ὄ. [prev. author] “Po.” 1459b28, compare 4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 36, +others)]: in bad sense, bombast, ὁ Αἰσχύλου ὄ. [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.79b.)]
B.III in Philos., particle, mass, body, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.16U., “Nat.” 12G., 3rd c.BC: Asclepiades Epigrammaticus Bith. cited in 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 9.363)]; so in the physiology of the Methodics, ὄγκοι καὶ πόροι, = molecules and pores, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. author] cited in 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 1.499.)]
B bulk, size, mass of a body, μελέων ἀριδείκετον ὄ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 20.1; ἀέρος ὄ. [prev. author] 100.13; σφαίρης ἐναλίγκιον ὄγκῳ 4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 8.43: frequently in 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus, μήτε ὄγκῳ μήτε ἀριθμῷ “Tht.” 155a)]; τὸν.. ὄ. τοῦ ἀριθμοῦ their total number, [Refs (“Lg.” 737c; τὸν τῶν σαρκῶν ὄ. [prev. work] 959c)]; σμικρᾶς πόλεως ὄ. a city of small size, Plt.[Refs (259b)]; ἔχθρας ὄ. μέγαν [Refs (“Lg.” 843b)]; θαυμαστὸν ὄ. ἀράμενοι τοῦ μύθου taking on my shoulders a monstrous great story, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“Plt.” 277b, etc.: frequently also in 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus)], the space filled by a body, opposed to τὸ κενόν, [Refs (“Ph.” 203b28, +others; ἴσος τὸν ὄ.)]in bulk, GC [Refs (326b20; ὄγκῳ μικρόν “EN” 1178a1, etc.)]
B.b flatulent distentions, [Refs (Diocl.fragment 43 (_plural_).)]
B.2 bulk, mass, body, ὄ. φρυγάνων a heap of faggots, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.62)]; ὄ. μαλθακός mass or roll of something soft, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 26)]; σμικρὸς ὄ. ἐν σμικρῷ κύτει, of a dead man's ashes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1142)]; γαστρὸς ὄ., of a child in the womb, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 15; ὄ. πλήρης φλεβίων 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 515b1: _plural_, ὄγκοι)]bodies, material substances, [Refs ([prev. author] “Metaphorical” 1085a12, 1089b14)]; also ὁ ὄ. τῆς φωνῆς the volume of the note, [Refs ([prev. author] “Aud.” 804a15.)]
B.3 a bushy top-knot, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 4.133.)]
B.4 the human body, τῆς χολῆς ἀναχεομένης εἰς τὸν ὄ. [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus “ἀνατομή” 30, compare 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.26, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.653f, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 1.272.)]
B.II metaphorically, bulk, weight, trouble, βραχεῖ σὺν ὄ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1341.)]
B.II.2 weight, dignity, pride, and in bad sense, self-importance, pretension, ὄ. ὀνόματος μητρῷος pride in the name of mother, [Refs ([prev. author] “Tr.” 817)]; ὄγκον αἴρειν exalt one's dignity, [Refs ([prev. author] “Aj.” 129; βραχὺν.. μῦθον οὐκ ὄγκου πλέων)]of pretension, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “OC” 1162; μείζον᾽ ὄ. δορὸς ἤ φρενῶν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 1158; ἔχει τιν᾽ ὄ. Ἄργος Ἑλλήνων πάρα [prev. author] “Ph.” 717; ἐς ὄ. βλέπειν τύχης [prev. author] “fragment” 81; τοῖς ζῶσι δ᾽ ὄγκος [prev. author] “Rh.” 760; ὁ τῶν ὑπεροπτικῶν ὄ. 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 1.30; τῷ.. γένους ὄγκῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus Alcaeus1.121b; πραγμάτων ὄ. 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 548; τῆς ἀρχῆς τὸ μέγεθος καὶ ὁ ὄ. 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Fabius Maximus” 4; ὄγκον περιθεῖναί τινι [prev. author] “Per.” 4, etc.)]
B.II.3 of style, loftiness, majesty, ὄ. τῆς λέξεως [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1407b26; ὁ τοῦ ποιήματος ὄ. [prev. author] “Po.” 1459b28, compare 4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 36, +others)]: in bad sense, bombast, ὁ Αἰσχύλου ὄ. [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.79b.)]
B.III in Philos., particle, mass, body, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.16U., “Nat.” 12G., 3rd c.BC: Asclepiades Epigrammaticus Bith. cited in 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 9.363)]; so in the physiology of the Methodics, ὄγκοι καὶ πόροι, = molecules and pores, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. author] cited in 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 1.499.)]