UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, m.

Inflections: νῶτος; -ου

Sense 1: back

Semantic entry: 8.40

Semantic domains: Body, Body Parts, and Body Products

Subdomains: Parts of the Body

Definition: the back part of the body from the neck to the pelvis

Notes: The phrase τὸν νῶτον … συγκάμπτειν may be regarded as an idiom, since its meaning may be to suffer oppression and trouble. An equivalent expression for ‘and bend their backs forever’ (OET ROM 11:10) may be ‘to make them slaves forever’ or ‘to make them toil hard forever’ (see 24.94: συγκάμπτω).

Show passage in OET: ROM 11:10

OET-RV ROM 11:10

10 Let their eyes be darkened so they can’t see,
⇔ and their backs be bent through all time.’

OET-LV ROM 11:10

10 Let _be _darkened the eyes of _them, which not to _be _seeing, and the back of _them through all time bend.

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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

νῶτος

Form 1

Sense 1: back