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νοσσιά

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
νοσσιά, ᾶς, ἡ
Greek transliteration: 
nossia
Simplified transliteration: 
nossia
Numbers
Strong's number: 
3555
GK Number: 
3799
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
1
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
n-1a
Gloss: 
chick, young (of a bird)
Definition: 
a brood, of young birds, Lk. 13:34*

Greek-English Concordance for νοσσιά

Luke 13:34 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who have been sent to it! How often I wanted to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood (nossian | νοσσιάν | acc sg fem) under her wings, and you did not want it!