Strong's G5609: ὠόν (ōón) Meaning

Quick Definition

ᾠόν, οῦ, τό n.n. an egg

Strong's Definition

an "egg"

Derivation: apparently a primary word;

KJV Usage: egg

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ᾠόν (G5609)

noun, n. | -οῦ

5.18 · Foods and Condiments · Food

egg, chicken egg any kind of egg, but primarily a chicken egg In some languages a distinction is made between eggs produced by birds and those produced by such other animals as reptiles and amphibians. In this one NT context the reference is, of course, to the egg of a hen.

LUK 11:12

¹ The meanings of ᾠόν ‘egg’ (5.18) and γάλα ‘milk’ (5.19) could be classified under Body Products in Domain 8, but in the NT contexts the focus is upon these products as food and not upon the physiological processes involved in producing such products.

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ὠόν [so RG Tr, but LT WH ᾧόν ; see (Etym. Magn. 822, 40) 1, ε], -ov, τό, fr. Hdt. down, an egg: Lk. xi. 12, (for 7¥°3, found only in the plur. o¥°3, Deut. xxii. 6 sq.; Is. x. 14, ete.).

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ὧόν ōon 1x

an egg, Lk. 11:12*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ᾠόν

(Rec. ὠόν), -οῦ, τό [in LXX for בֵּיצָה ;]

an egg: Lk 11:12.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ᾠόν [page 702] an egg ( Luk_11:12 ) (for form, Blass-Debrunner § 26). An interesting ex. of this common word is afforded by P Oxy I. 83 .8 (A.D. 327), the declaration by an egg-seller that he will not sell eggs except in the public market ὁμολογῶ . . . τὴν διάπρασίν μοι τῶν ὀῶν ( l. ᾠῶν ) ποιήσασθαι ἐπὶ τῆς ἀγορᾶς δημοσίᾳ . Other exx. are P Petr III, 142 .3 (an account-Ptol.) ὠιά , P Oxy IX. 1207 .10 (A.D. 175 6?) ᾠῶν ἑκατόν , P OxyX. 1339 (account of expenses iii/A.D.) ὑπ (ὲρ ) τι (μῆς ) λαχάνων καὶ ᾠῶν (δρ .) τ̄ , P Oxy VI. 936 .8 (iii/A.D.) κλουίον (for κλουβίον or κλωβίον ) ᾠῶν π̄ , a basket of 80 eggs, and for the dim. ὠάριον , see BGU III. 781 v. 6 (i/A.D.). For the use of eggs in magic see P Osl 1 .140 (iv/A.D.) τὰ ἀνόμιμα ᾠὰ̣ θύεται , the lawless eggs are sacrificed, with the editor s note.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ᾠόν (ōon) — an egg. ᾠόν, τό, old poetry forms ὤεον, ὤιον, see entry near the end:— egg, τίκτει ᾠὰ ἐν γῇ καὶ ἐκλέπει [ὁ κροκόδειλος] [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of all birds, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; but mostly of hens' eggs, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; [ᾠοῦ] τὸ λευκόν, τὸ ὠχρόν, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὸ πυρρόν, τὸ χρυσοῦν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ᾠὰ ἡμιπαγέα half-boiled eggs, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἑφθά, ὠμά, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ᾠὰ γόνιμα fertile eggs, opposed to ὑπηνέμια, ἄγονα, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ᾠὸν τέλειον, opposed to ἀτελές, [Refs]; ᾠὸν ἀνεμιαῖον, ζεφύριον, wind-egg, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σμύρνης ᾠ. lump, [Refs 6th c.BC+] he has become bald as an egg, [Refs]

2. of the eggs or spawn of fish, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of serpents, [Refs]; of tortoises, [Refs]

3. of plants, seed, [Refs]

4. cupping-glass, τὰ ἰατρικὰ ᾠὰ ὑέλινα ὄντακαὶ σύστομα [Refs 2nd c.BC+]Prooem.: egg-shaped cup, [Refs 4th c.BC+]. The word has the following forms: Attic dialect ᾠόν (- ?~X), confirmed by Inscrr. ὠιῶν [Refs 3rd c.BC+], Papyri (ὠιὰ χήνεα [Refs 3rd c.BC+], and later Mss.; Aeolic dialect ὤιον, genitive ὠίω (¯ ?~X ?~X ¯), [Refs 7th c.BC+]; ὤεον lbyc.16, [Refs 7th c.BC+]; ὤβεον is Argive accusative to [Refs 5th c.AD+]; ᾠόν oxytone accusative to [Refs 9th c.AD+] which Latin ovum would lead us to expect, is found only in late texts [LXX+NT] and is due to loss of the ι in [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; cognate with Latin ovum, OHGei, ONorse egg (prim. Germanic aiia -), whence Engl. examples

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

ᾠόν (Rec. ὠόν), -οῦ, τό [in LXX for בֵּיצָה ;] an egg: Luk.11:12.† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (1)

11:12

G5609 ὠόν (ōón)