Loins
ὀσφῦςStrong’s G3751osphus
Appears in 8 verses of the New Testament
In short
Osphus is the Greek word usually translated “waist”, “loins” and “loin”. It appears in 8 verses of the New Testament.
“And the same John had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.”
Meaning
Usually translated “waist”, “loins” and “loin”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- waist 3
- loins 3
- loin 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Hebrews 2
- Matthew 1
- Mark 1
- Luke 1
- Acts 1
- Ephesians 1
7 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Mark 1:6And John was clothed with camel’s hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;
- Luke 12:35Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;
- Acts 2:30Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;
- Ephesians 6:14Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
- Hebrews 7:5And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham:
- Hebrews 7:10For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met him.
Greek dictionary
ὀσφῦς osphus · loins
ὀσφύς, -ύος, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for מֹתֶן;, also for חָלַץ, etc. ;] the loin: Mat.3:4, Mrk.1:6; metaphorically, περιζώννυσθαι (ἀναζ-) τ. ὀσφύας, Luk.12:35, Eph.6:14, 1Pe.1:13; regarded, as by the Hebrews, as the seat of generative power, Heb.7:5, 10; metaphorically, καρπὸς τ. ὀσφύος, Act.2:30 (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “loin” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
LOIN, noun
[Latin clumis.]
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.