Quick Definition
νεοσσός, οῦ, ὁ n.m. a young bird, young one
Strong's Definition
from 3501; a youngling (nestling)
KJV Usage: young
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, m. | -οῦ | νέος
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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
νοσσός nossos 1x
also spelled νεοσσός, the young of birds, a young bird, chick, Lk. 2:24*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
νοσσός (νεοσσός, Rec., as in cl. Att. -ττός; Phryn. rejects the dissyl. form), -οῦ, ὁ
(< νέος), [in LXX chiefly for בֵּן;]
a young bird: Lk 2:24(LXX).†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
νεοσσός (neossos) — nestling. νεοσσός, Attic dialect νεοττ-, ὁ, (νέος) young bird, nestling, chick, [NT+8th c.BC+]
2. any young animal, as a young crocodile, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of young children, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: in plural, young bees, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ἄρεως ν., of the cock, [Refs 5th c.BC+] (also ironically, of a person, [Refs 5th c.BC+] the horse's brood, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
3. yolk of an egg, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; compare νεοττίον.—The disyllable form νοσσός is cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+] (b) fragment 3: this and cognate forms (commonly found in later Gr.) are condemned as ἀδόκιμα by [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
