Strong G5606ὦμος
shoulder
- Transliteration
- ōmos
- Pronunciation
- o'-mos
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Perhaps from the alternate of G5342; the shoulder (as that on which burdens are borne): - shoulder.
Detailed definition
ὦμος, οὐ, ὁ,
[in LXX chiefly for שְׁכֶם, כָּתֵף;]
the shoulder: Mat.23:4, Luk.15:5.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for שְׁכֶם, כָּתֵף;]
the shoulder: Mat.23:4, Luk.15:5.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5606 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- shoulder2
First verses
- Matthew 23:4For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.
- Luke 15:5And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ὦμος, ὁ:
(see. entry near the end):— the shoulder with the upper arm (ὠλένη being the lower), ξίφεϊ κληῗδα παρ᾽ ὦμον πλῆξ᾽, ἀπὸ δ᾽ αὐχένος ὦμον ἐέργαθεν ἠδ᾽ ἀπὸ νώτου [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.146, compare 8.325, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.62; μεταφρένῳ ἐν δόρυ πῆξεν ὤμων μεσσηγύς 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.41; τεύχε᾽ ἀπ᾽ ὤμων συλήσειν 15.544; ὦμος στιβαρός, ὦμοι ἴφθιμοι, 5.400, 18.204; εὐρέες 3.210; κυρτώ 2.217; ἀμφ᾽ ὤμοισιν ἔχει σάκος 11.527, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 453; ἐπ᾽ ὤμου.. φέρειν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.170, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 19.39; ἀρεῖτ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ὤμου 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 3.61)]; κατ᾽ ὤμου δεῖρον [Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 3; ἐπ᾽ ὤμων πατέρ᾽ ἔχων 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 373; τὰ ὦτα ἐπὶ τῶν ὤμων ἔχειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 613c; ὤμοισι φόρησεν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.11; ἑλὼν.. σάκος ὤμῳ 15.474; ὤμῳ or ὤμοισιν ἔχειν, 14.376, 1.45, +others)]; ὤμοις or ἐπ᾽ ὤμοις φέρειν, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 454, “Tr” 564; ἔχειν ἀνὰ φαιδίμῳ ὤμῳ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.128, 23.275; λαβὼν.. ὦμον εἰς ἀριστερόν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1381; ἐπ᾽ ὤμοις θεῖναι [prev. author] “Ba.” 755; κίον᾽ οὐρανοῦ.. ὤμοις ἐρείδων 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 350)]; ὤμοισι τοῖσι ἐμοῖσι 'by the strength of mine arms', [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.106)]; ἀποστρέψαι τὸν ὦ. to dislocate it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 263 (troch.); ὁ δ᾽ ὦμος.. πιέζεται [prev. author] “Ra.” 30; τὸν ὦμον θλίβομαι [prev. author] “fragment” 323: _plural_ for _sing._, ὤμοις ἀριστεροῖσιν ἀνακλάσας δέρην 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1471.)]
b the shoulder is sometimes more exactly specified as πρυμνότατος or πρυμνὸς ὦμος, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.462, 504; νείατος ὦ. 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.341, 17.310)]; sometimes opposed to χείρ (the arm), χεῖρες ὤμων.. ἐπαΐσσονται [Refs 8th c.BC+ (23.628; τῶν ἑκατὸν μὲν χεῖρες ἀπ᾽ μων ἀΐσσοντο 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 150)]; τοὺς ὤμους ἀποταμόντες σὺν τῇσι χερσί (arms) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.62; ἀποταμόντα ἐν τῷ ὤμῳ τὴν χεῖρα [prev. author] 2.121.έ,compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 1127, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 493b26.)]
2 also of animals. as of a horse, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.510, 15.267, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 8.6)]; of a lion, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 430)]; of a dog, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 4.1)]; of crabs, [Refs (Batrachomyomachia 296)]; of birds, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.983b)]; of ants, [Refs (“Geoponica” 13.10.14.)]
3 the shoulder, in a dress, ἐπὶ τῶν ὤμων τῆς ἐπωμίδος [LXX+4th c.BC+ (LXX.Exo.28.12, compare 25(29); ἐπὶ τῷ ὤμῳ τοῦ χιτῶνος ὑποθέντες 4th c.BC: Aeneas Tacticus 31.23 codices (ἐπὶ τῇ ᾤᾳ conjecture Haupt).)]
II metaphorically of the parts below the top or head of any thing, especially of the fork of a vine (compare ὠμοχάραξ), [Refs (“Geoponica” 4.12.4)]; of the womb, Heroph. cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 4.596, compare 2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus “περὶ ὀνομασίας” 195)]. (Cf. Latin umerus (from *omesos), Gothic ams (stem amsa-), Sanskrit áṃsas, also Aeolic dialect ἐπ-ομμάδιος, and (non-Greek) ἀμέσω [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus))]
(see. entry near the end):— the shoulder with the upper arm (ὠλένη being the lower), ξίφεϊ κληῗδα παρ᾽ ὦμον πλῆξ᾽, ἀπὸ δ᾽ αὐχένος ὦμον ἐέργαθεν ἠδ᾽ ἀπὸ νώτου [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.146, compare 8.325, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.62; μεταφρένῳ ἐν δόρυ πῆξεν ὤμων μεσσηγύς 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.41; τεύχε᾽ ἀπ᾽ ὤμων συλήσειν 15.544; ὦμος στιβαρός, ὦμοι ἴφθιμοι, 5.400, 18.204; εὐρέες 3.210; κυρτώ 2.217; ἀμφ᾽ ὤμοισιν ἔχει σάκος 11.527, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 453; ἐπ᾽ ὤμου.. φέρειν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.170, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 19.39; ἀρεῖτ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ὤμου 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 3.61)]; κατ᾽ ὤμου δεῖρον [Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 3; ἐπ᾽ ὤμων πατέρ᾽ ἔχων 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 373; τὰ ὦτα ἐπὶ τῶν ὤμων ἔχειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 613c; ὤμοισι φόρησεν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.11; ἑλὼν.. σάκος ὤμῳ 15.474; ὤμῳ or ὤμοισιν ἔχειν, 14.376, 1.45, +others)]; ὤμοις or ἐπ᾽ ὤμοις φέρειν, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 454, “Tr” 564; ἔχειν ἀνὰ φαιδίμῳ ὤμῳ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.128, 23.275; λαβὼν.. ὦμον εἰς ἀριστερόν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1381; ἐπ᾽ ὤμοις θεῖναι [prev. author] “Ba.” 755; κίον᾽ οὐρανοῦ.. ὤμοις ἐρείδων 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 350)]; ὤμοισι τοῖσι ἐμοῖσι 'by the strength of mine arms', [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.106)]; ἀποστρέψαι τὸν ὦ. to dislocate it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 263 (troch.); ὁ δ᾽ ὦμος.. πιέζεται [prev. author] “Ra.” 30; τὸν ὦμον θλίβομαι [prev. author] “fragment” 323: _plural_ for _sing._, ὤμοις ἀριστεροῖσιν ἀνακλάσας δέρην 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1471.)]
b the shoulder is sometimes more exactly specified as πρυμνότατος or πρυμνὸς ὦμος, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.462, 504; νείατος ὦ. 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.341, 17.310)]; sometimes opposed to χείρ (the arm), χεῖρες ὤμων.. ἐπαΐσσονται [Refs 8th c.BC+ (23.628; τῶν ἑκατὸν μὲν χεῖρες ἀπ᾽ μων ἀΐσσοντο 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 150)]; τοὺς ὤμους ἀποταμόντες σὺν τῇσι χερσί (arms) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.62; ἀποταμόντα ἐν τῷ ὤμῳ τὴν χεῖρα [prev. author] 2.121.έ,compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 1127, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 493b26.)]
2 also of animals. as of a horse, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.510, 15.267, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 8.6)]; of a lion, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 430)]; of a dog, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 4.1)]; of crabs, [Refs (Batrachomyomachia 296)]; of birds, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.983b)]; of ants, [Refs (“Geoponica” 13.10.14.)]
3 the shoulder, in a dress, ἐπὶ τῶν ὤμων τῆς ἐπωμίδος [LXX+4th c.BC+ (LXX.Exo.28.12, compare 25(29); ἐπὶ τῷ ὤμῳ τοῦ χιτῶνος ὑποθέντες 4th c.BC: Aeneas Tacticus 31.23 codices (ἐπὶ τῇ ᾤᾳ conjecture Haupt).)]
II metaphorically of the parts below the top or head of any thing, especially of the fork of a vine (compare ὠμοχάραξ), [Refs (“Geoponica” 4.12.4)]; of the womb, Heroph. cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 4.596, compare 2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus “περὶ ὀνομασίας” 195)]. (Cf. Latin umerus (from *omesos), Gothic ams (stem amsa-), Sanskrit áṃsas, also Aeolic dialect ἐπ-ομμάδιος, and (non-Greek) ἀμέσω [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus))]