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Koine Greek wordlink #164103

SR GNT Rev 18:2 ὀρνέου (orneou) ‘and a prison of every bird unclean and having_been hated’ Strongs=37320 Lemma=orneon
Word role=noun case=genitive gender=neuter number=singular
Year=96 AD

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Only use of identical word form ὀρνέου (N-GNS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ὀρνέου’ (N-GNS) is always and only glossed as ‘bird’.

Rev 18:2 ‘and a prison of every bird unclean and having_been hated’ SR GNT Rev 18:2 word 29

OET-LV: 2 And he _cried _out with a_mighty voice saying: Fell, fell Babulōn/(Bāⱱel? ) the great. And it _became a_dwelling _place of _demons, and a_prison of _every spirit unclean, and a_prison of _every bird unclean, and having _been _hated. (REV_18:2)

OET-RV: 2 He called out in a loud voice, saying, “The mighty Babylon has fallen and become a place for demons to live, and a prison for evil spirits and for every kind of scavenging and detestable bird. (REV 18:2)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘orneon’ have 2 different glosses: ‘bird’, ‘birds’.

Key: N=noun GNS=genitive,neuter,singular