UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: adjc.

Inflections: ὀνικός; -ή, -όν

Related lemmas: ὄνος

Sense 1: of a donkey

Semantic entry: 4.32

Semantic domains: Animals

Subdomains: Animals

Definition: (derivative of ὄνος ‘donkey,’ 4.31: ὄνος) pertaining to a donkey

Notes: In rendering RV MAT 18:6 · LV MAT 18:6 · Read together MAT 18:6 it is important to avoid the impression that a donkey would turn the millstone in the same way that a person would. Sometimes a general causative expression may be used, for example, ‘a millstone that a donkey causes to go round (rotate),’ but it may actually be necessary to say ‘… which a donkey causes to go round (rotate) by pulling on a shaft.’ In fact, a marginal note may be necessary in order to avoid serious misunderstanding and to emphasize the fact that such a millstone was large and heavy.

MAT 18:6: RV MAT 18:6 · LV MAT 18:6 · Read together MAT 18:6

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OET-RV MAT 18:6

6 “But anyone who causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would have been better for that person if a heavy stone had been hung around their neck and they’d been sunk in the deep lake.

OET-LV MAT 18:6

6 But whoever wishfully may _stumble one of_ the these _little ones which believing in me, it _is _benefitting for _him that a_ heavy _grinding _stone may _be _hanged around the neck of _him, and may _be _sunk in the depth of _the sea.

MRK 9:42: RV MRK 9:42 · LV MRK 9:42 · Read together MRK 9:42

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OET-RV MRK 9:42

42 “But anyone who causes a young person to falter from their trust in me, it would be better if they were thrown into the sea with a heavy weight tied around their neck.

OET-LV MRK 9:42

42 And whoever wishfully may _stumble one of_ the these _little ones which believing in me, it _is better for _him rather if a_ heavy _grinding _stone is _hung _around around the neck of _him, and he _has _been _throw into the sea.

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ὀνικός

Form 1

Sense 1: of a donkey