Forms of the word

Dictionary
ἀλέκτωρ, -ορος, ὁ
Greek transliteration
alektōr
Simplified transliteration
alektor

Numbers

Strong's number
220
GK Number
232

Statistics

Frequency in New Testament
12
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
n-3f(2b)
Gloss
rooster
Definition
a cock, rooster, Mt. 26:34; Mk. 14:30; Lk. 22:34; Jn. 13:38

Greek-English Concordance for ἀλέκτωρ

Matthew 26:34 Jesus said to him, “I tell you the truth, this very night, before the rooster (alektora | ἀλέκτορα | acc sg masc) crows, you will deny me three times.”
Matthew 26:74 Then he began to invoke curses on himself and swear to them, “I do not know that man!” And immediately the rooster (alektōr | ἀλέκτωρ | nom sg masc) crowed.
Matthew 26:75 Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said, “Before the rooster (alektora | ἀλέκτορα | acc sg masc) crows, you will deny me three times.” And he went outside and wept bitterly.
Mark 14:30 And Jesus said to him, “I tell you the truth, today — this very night, before the rooster (alektora | ἀλέκτορα | acc sg masc) crows twice — you will deny me three times.”
Mark 14:68 But he denied it, saying, “I neither know nor understand what you are saying.” And he went out into the exterior court, and a rooster (alektōr | ἀλέκτωρ | nom sg masc) crowed.
Mark 14:72 And immediately the rooster (alektōr | ἀλέκτωρ | nom sg masc) crowed a second time. Then Peter remembered the word that Jesus had said to him, “Before the rooster (alektora | ἀλέκτορα | acc sg masc) crows twice, you will deny me three times.” And upon reflection, he broke into tears.
Luke 22:34 Jesus said, “I tell you, Peter, a rooster (alektōr | ἀλέκτωρ | nom sg masc) will not crow this day before you have denied three times that you know me.”
Luke 22:60 But Peter said, “Man, I do not know what you are talking about.” And immediately, while he was still speaking, the rooster (alektōr | ἀλέκτωρ | nom sg masc) crowed.
Luke 22:61 Then the Lord turned and looked at Peter, and Peter remembered the word of the Lord that he had said to him, “Before the rooster (alektora | ἀλέκτορα | acc sg masc) crows today, you will deny me three times.”
John 13:38 Jesus replied, “Will you lay down your life for me? I tell you the solemn truth, the rooster (alektōr | ἀλέκτωρ | nom sg masc) will not crow before you deny me three times.
John 18:27 Then Peter denied it again, and immediately a rooster (alektōr | ἀλέκτωρ | nom sg masc) began to crow.

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