Quick Definition
νῶτος, ου, ὁ n.m. the back of men or animals
Strong's Definition
of uncertain affinity; the back
KJV Usage: back
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, m. | -ου
8.40 · Body, Body Parts, and Body Products · Parts of the Body
back the back part of the body from the neck to the pelvis The phrase τὸν νῶτον ... συγκάμπτειν may be regarded as an idiom, since its meaning may be to suffer oppression and trouble. An equivalent expression for ‘and bend their backs forever’ (ROM 11:10) may be ‘to make them slaves forever’ or ‘to make them toil hard forever’ (see 24.94).
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
νῶτος, -ου, ὁ, [fr. root ‘to bend,’ ‘curve,’ akin to Lat. natis; Ficki. 128; Vaniéek p. 420], the back: Ro. xi. 10 fr. Ps. lxviii. (Ixix.) 24. (In Hom. ὁ νῶτος [“ the gend. of the sing. is undetermined in Hom. and Hes.” (L. and S.)], plur. τὰ νῶτα; in Attie generally τὸ νῶτον, very rarely ὁ νῶτος ; plur. always τὰ vara; Sept. 6 νῶτος, plur. of vara; cf. Lob. ad Phryn. p. 290; [Rutherford, New Phryn. p. 351]; Passow [L. and 8.1 8. v.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
νῶτος nōtos 1x
the back of men or animals, Rom. 11:10*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
νῶτος, -ου, ὁ,
in Att. most freq. τὸ νῶτον, and in pl. always τὰ νῶτα, [in LXX, ὁ ν., pl., οἱ νῶτοι, and τὰ νῶτα, chiefly for כָּתֵף, also for עֹרֶף, מָתְנַיִם;]
the back: Ro 11:10(LXX).†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
νῶτον (nōton) — back. νῶτον, τό, or νῶτος, ὁ, plural always νῶτα, τά in early writers (οἱ νῶτοι [LXX]: the gender of thesg. is undetermined in [Refs 8th c.BC+], and always in Attic dialect accusative to [Refs 2nd c.AD+] is masculine in [Refs 5th c.BC+] (as cited by Hdn.Gr.[Refs 4th c.BC+]:—back, both cf men and animals: singular, of a man, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a boar, φρίσσεινῶτον[Refs]; of horses, ἐπὶ νῶτον ἐῗσαι [Refs]; of an eagle, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: plural frequently used in Poets in sense of singular, δράκων ἐπὶ νῶτα δαφοινός [Refs 8th c.BC+]: sometimes in Epic dialect of the chine of an animal served as food, νῶτα βοὸς.. πίονα[Refs 8th c.BC+]; of men in battle, τὰ νῶτα ἐντρέψαι to turn the back, i.e. flee, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; νῶτον ἐπιστρέψαι[Refs 2nd c.BC+]; δοτέον τὰ ν. [Refs 1st c.AD+] (this phrase also of the winner in a race, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; κατὰ νώτου in rear, κατὰ νώτου γενέσθαι τινός [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ στρατόπεδον κατὰ ν. λαβεῖν[Refs 5th c.BC+]; back of the finger, [Refs 6th c.AD+]
II. metaphorically, any wide surface, especially of the sea, ἐπ᾽ εὐρέα νῶτα θαλάσσης [Refs 8th c.BC+]; also of the land, σχίζε ν. γᾶς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the sky, ἀστεροειδέα ν. αἰθέρος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but ἕσπερα ν. the evening, i.e. western, sky, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. ridge of a hill or rock, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a tomb, [Refs]; of a chariot, [Refs]; of a saw, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
II.3. nave of a wheel, [Refs]
II.4. back of a page, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]