Quick Definition
στρουθίον, ου, τό n.n. a small bird, sparrow
Strong's Definition
diminutive of strouthos (a sparrow); a little sparrow
KJV Usage: sparrow
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, n. | -ου
4.46 · Animals · Birds
sparrow small bird; speckled brown in color; genus Passer; roosts and nests in groups; eats grass seeds and grain; associated with the poor The Greek term στρουθίον no doubt refers to the so-called ‘house sparrow,’ which almost always builds its nests near human habitation. In the Orient a similar type of sparrow exists, and a term designating such a sparrow can be used in all contexts in which the Greek term στρουθίον is employed.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
στρουθίον, -ov, τό, (dimin. of στρουθός, a little hird, esp. of the sparrow sort, a sparrow: Mt. x. 29, 31; Lk. xii. 6 sq. (Aristot. h. a. 5, 2 p. 539>, 33; 9, 7 p. 6135, 33; Sept. for Wax.) [Cf Tristram in B.D. 5. v. Sparrow; Survey of West. Palest., ‘Fauna and Flora’, p. 67sq.]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
στρουθίον strouthion 4x
any small bird, spc. a sparrow, Mt. 10:29, 31; Lk. 12:6, 7*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
στρουθίον, -ου, τό
[in LXX chiefly for צִפּוֹר ;]
dimin. of στρουθός
a sparrow: Mt 10:29, 31, Lk 12:6, 7.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
στρουθίον, “αι βραυζον " (ΜῈ ro™ 31, Lk 125. The word is a dim. of στρουθός which is found in the food account P Oxy VI. 9208 (ii/iii A.D.) στρουτ(οῦ) (Δ στρουθ(οῦ)) μεγάλ(ου) δραχμαὶ ἢ. The editors think that the reference is to an ostrich, and that the 8 drachmae may be part payment, in view of 1.15. They also refer to P Lips I. 97 **viti- 18, 20; xxix. 19, 21 (A.D. 338), where there are entries of an artaba els τὰ στρουθῶν. See also P Lond 239" (c. A.D. 346) (= II. p. 298). It must be added that from a fragment of the commercial law dealing with tariffs issued by the Emperor Diocletian in ili/A.p. it appears that of all birds used for food sparrows were the cheapest, thus throwing a fresh light upon our Lord’s use of them in Mt 10?8#, Luke 126f (see Deissmann LA, p. 272 ff.). For a proper name Στρουθείν (-(v for -ίον) see Letronne 90! (i/B.c.) with the editor’s note. In spite of the difference of meaning, στρουθός has been connected with Lat. /urdus, Engl. ‘‘thrush,” ‘‘throstle ’’ (Boisacq, p. 920). στρώννυμι, στρωννύω. With the use of the pass. in Mk 1418 cf. P Lond 1164 (λ) 7 (A.D. 212) (=III. p. 164) πλοῖον... ἐστρωμένον καὶ σεσανιδ[ωἸμένον, ‘a ship furnished and boarded over.” In P Oxy I. 1382289431 (4.p. 610-11) a ‘‘ contractor of the racecourse ’’ undertakes στρῶσαι τοῖς Te περιβλέπτοις διοικηταῖς kal λαμπροτάτοις χαρτουλαρίοις, “to find mounts for the noble superintendents and the most illustrious secretaries” (Edd.). Preisigke (γον ἐγ. s.v.) refers to an inscr. from Roman Egypt published in Avchiv ii. p. 570, No. 150, Φιλαντίνος ὁ Kal ᾿Αμμώνιος ἔστρωσεν διὰ Διοσκύρον πατρὸς ἐκ τοῦ ἰδίου. The comp? συνστρώννυμι is found in P Petr IIT. 43 (2) recto’ 15 (B.c. 246) συνστρώσας σχοινίοις, “‘having made a network of ropes,” see the editor’s note on p. 127 where for συνστρώννυμι = “pave,” reference is made to Sy// 537(=*969)*' (B.C. 347-6) συνστρώσει τὸ ἔδαφος λίθοις. Καταστρώννυμι, ‘spread out,” occurs in PB Dor Ter vtt28s (pics 116}: ΞΕῸ ΤῊΣ The subst. στρῶμα is common, e.g. PSI VI. 593% (iii/B.c.) σκεύασόν pot στρώματα τρία ava μν(ᾶς) p, P Bilabel 71° (i/A.D.) ἀπέϊστειλα ἐπιστολὰς περὶ τῆς] στρωμάτων καϊτασκενῆςΘ, P Oxy X. 12777 (A.D. 255) ὁμολογῶ πεπρακέναι σοι tplkAwwlo]y στρῳμάτῳν λινῶν, “T acknowledge that I have sold to you ἃ three-sided couch with linen coverings” (Edd.). Ina will of B.c. 123, published by GH in Archiv i. p. 63 ff., the testator bequeaths all his property to his wife, ‘‘ except a mattress and a bed apiece” (πλὴν στρώματος ἑνὸς kal κλείνης) to his two sons—perhaps, as the editors suggest, the Egyptian method of ‘‘cutting off with a shilling.” For the dim. στρωμάτιον, cf. PSI IV. 4013 (iii/B.c.) τὸ 594 σύ στρωμάτιον ὑπὲρ οὗ σοι καὶ σήμερον διελεγόμην, and P Oxy XIV. 16453 (A.D. 308) στρωμάτια τριβακὰ δύο, “two worn mattresses,” and for στρῶσις cf. 2. 163177 (A.D. 280) τῆς στρώσεως τοῦ χοῦ, ‘the spreading of earth,” and PSI III. 225° (vi/A.D.) μίαν στρῶσιν ἀκκουβίτου, “one spreading of the couch”’ (cf. the verb in Ac 9%).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
στρουθίον (strouthion) — sparrow. στρουθ-ίον, τό, diminutive of στρουθός [NT+4th c.BC+]; στρουθίν, [Refs]
II. στρούθιον, see at {στρούθειος} 111.