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G3556 νοσσίον (nossíon)
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Quick Definition

νοσσίον, ου, τό n.n. a nestling, the young of birds

Strong's Definition

diminutive of 3502; a birdling

KJV Usage: chicken

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

noun, n. | -ου | νέος

4.39 · Animals · Birds

young bird, chick the young of any bird

MAT 23:37

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

νοσσίον, -ov, τό, (see νοσσιά), a brood of hirds: Mt. xxiii. 37 and Lchm. txt. in Lk. xiii. 34 [where al. νοσσιά, see the preced. word]. (Arstph., Aristot., Ael.; for D798 Ps. Ixxxiii. (Ixxxiv.) 4.) * j

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

νοσσίον nossion 1x

the young of birds, a chick; pl. a brood of young birds, Mt. 23:37*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

νοσσίον, -ου, τό, dimin. of νοσσός, q.v.,

[in LXX: Ps 83 (84):3 (אֶפְרֹחַ)*;]

a young bird: Mt 23:37.†

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

νοσσίον (nossion) — chick. Related to: νόσσαξ, ακος, ὁ, (νοσσός) chick, cockerel, [Refs 1st c.AD+]

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