νῶτος
nōtos · G3577 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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back
The back part of the body from the neck to the pelvis
ExamplesRomans 11:10 “MAY THEIR EYES BE DARKENED TO SEE NOT, AND BEND THEIR BACKS CONTINUALLY.”
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- συγκάμπτωto be overwhelmed with trouble 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 2 words
- כָּתֵף kâthêph · H3802 · shoulder, back (of animal)
- Hebrew כָּתֵף (kâthêph, H3802) primarily denotes the shoulder/upper back region and extends to architectural projections, while Greek νῶτος (nōtos, G3577) specifically denotes the back as a body part; the Hebrew term's shoulder sense naturally overlaps with the Greek back term in anatomical contexts where LXX translators rendered the Hebrew shoulder/back region with the Greek back term.
- עֹרֶף ʻôreph · H6203 · neck, to look at (someone's) back (when they flee)
- νῶτος (nōtos, G3577) denotes the physical back (the dorsal part of the body), while עֹרֶף (ʻôreph, H6203) specifically denotes the neck/nape, often in idiomatic contexts of stubbornness or turning away ('stiff-necked'); the cross-linguistic equivalence reflects LXX rendering choices where νῶτος translates Hebrew neck-oriented idioms into Greek back-oriented idioms.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Back8.40
- Citing the Psalms concerning Israel's hardening, Romans 11:10 states “‘MAY THEIR EYES BE DARKENED TO SEE NOT, AND BEND THEIR BACKS CONTINUALLY,’” where “BACKS” renders this noun for the back of the body.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon νώτου, ὁ (from root 'to bend,' 'curve,' akin to Latinnatis; Fick i. 128; Vanicek, p.…
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
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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