νοσσιάnossiá

a brood (of chickens)

Greek (New Testament) · G3555

Meanings

1. a nest of birds.

2. a brood of young birds: Luke 13:34.

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 1 times in the Bible.

  • Luke 13:34 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones God’s messengers! How often I have wanted to gather your children together as a hen protects her chicks beneath her wings, but you wouldn’t let me.

Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.