κόραξ
kórax · G2876 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Thing
- Crow, ravenBirds11 verses
Meanings
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crow, raven
Large black bird with thick strong beak, and fairly short legs; highly intelligent; Corvus family; crows and ravens belong to the same family of birds but differ in size, ravens being somewhat larger and being more inclined to feed on dead bodies
ExamplesLuke 12:24 “Consider the ravens, that they neither sow nor reap; they have no storeroom nor barn, and yet God feeds them; how much more valuable you are than the birds!
How it’s used In 1 role
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- κατανοέωto think about very carefully 1
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In the other Testament 1 word
- עֹרֵב ʻôrêb · H6158 · crow, raven
- Direct Hebrew translation equivalent for κόραξ; both denote the same corvid bird (raven/crow). Used in LXX to translate עֹרֵב (e.g., Luke 12:24 echoes the raven imagery from Job 38:41, Psalm 147:9).
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Crow, raven4.43
- κόραξ names the raven. Luke 12:24 has Jesus teaching, “Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap; they have no storeroom nor barn, and yet God feeds them,” the κόρακας naming these birds God provides for without their own labor.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon κορακος, ὁ, a raven: Lk 12:24. (From Homer down.)
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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