ὄρνις órnis
Meaning
a bird (as rising in the air), i.e. (specially), a hen (or female domestic fowl)
In the King James Version: hen
Derivation: probably from a prolonged form of the base of G3735 (ὄρος);
Where it is used
- Matthew 23:37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!
- Luke 13:34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!