ὀστέονostéon
a bone
Greek (New Testament) · G3747
Meanings
a bone: contr., ὀστοῦν (see above), John 19:36(LXX); uncontr., ὀστέα, Luke 24:39; ὀστέων, Matthew 23:27, Hebrews 11:22.
Where it appears
Appears 4 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 23:27 “What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs—beautiful on the outside but filled on the inside with dead people’s bones and all sorts of impurity.
- Luke 24:39 Look at my hands. Look at my feet. You can see that it’s really me. Touch me and make sure that I am not a ghost, because ghosts don’t have bodies, as you see that I do.”
- John 19:36 These things happened in fulfillment of the Scriptures that say, “Not one of his bones will be broken,”
- Hebrews 11:22 It was by faith that Joseph, when he was about to die, said confidently that the people of Israel would leave Egypt. He even commanded them to take his bones with them when they left.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.