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νοσσιάStrong’s G3555

nossia

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Nossia is the Greek word usually translated “brood”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not!”
Luke 13:34 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “brood”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • brood 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Luke 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    νοσσιά nossia · chick

    νοσσιά, -ᾶς, ἡ (νοσσός), late form of cl., νεοσσιά, [in LXX chiefly for קֵן ;] 1. a nest of birds. 2. a brood of young birds: Luk.13:34.† (AS)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “brood” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    BROOD, verb intransitive

    1. To sit on and cover, as a fowl on her eggs for the purpose of warming them and hatching chickens, or as a hen over her chickens, to warm and protect them.
    2. To sit on; to spread over, as with wings; as, to sit brooding over the vast abyss.
    3. To remain a long time in anxiety or solicitous thought; to have the mind uninterruptedly dwell a long time on a subject; as, the miser broods over his gold.
    4. To mature any thing with care.
    All definitions and other forms of “brood”

      BROOD, verb transitive

      To sit over, cover and cherish; as, a hen broods her chickens.

      1. To cherish.

      BROOD, noun

      Offspring; progeny; formerly used of human beings in elegant works, and we have brother, from this word; but it is now more generally used in contempt.

      1. A hatch; the young birds hatched at once; as a brood of chickens or of ducks.
      2. That which is bred; species generated; that which is produced.
      3. The act of covering the eggs, or of brooding. [Unusual.]

      Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

      Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.