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Lexicon :: Strong's G3790 - ophrys

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ὀφρῦς
Transliteration
ophrys (Key)
Pronunciation
of-roos'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Perhaps from ὀπτάνομαι (G3700) (through the idea of the shading or proximity to the organ of vision)
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s) TR
1x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
1x in 1 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

ὀφρῦς ophrŷs, of-roos'; perhaps from G3700 (through the idea of the shading or proximity to the organ of vision); the eye-"brow" or forehead, i.e. (figuratively) the brink of a precipice:—brow.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G3790 in the following manner: brow (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G3790 in the following manner: brow (1x).

  1. the eyebrow

  2. any prominence or projection

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ὀφρῦς ophrŷs, of-roos'; perhaps from G3700 (through the idea of the shading or proximity to the organ of vision); the eye-"brow" or forehead, i.e. (figuratively) the brink of a precipice:—brow.
STRONGS G3790:
ὀφρύς, ὀφρύος, ἡ,
1. the eyebrow, so from Homer down.
2. any prominence or projection; as (English the brow) of a mountain (so the Latinsupercilium, Vergil, georg. 1, 108; Hirtius, bell. afr. 58; Livy 27, 18; 34, 29): Luke 4:29 (Homer, Iliad 20, 151; often in Polybius, Plutarch, others).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Luke
4:29

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Strong's Number G3790 matches the Greek ὀφρῦς (ophrys),
which occurs 1 times in 1 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:29 - And they rose up and drove him out of the town and brought him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, so that they could throw him down the cliff.
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