Tail
οὐράStrong’s G3769oura
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Oura is the Greek word usually translated “tails” and “tail”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.”
Meaning
Usually translated “tails” and “tail”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- tails 4
- tail 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 3
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Revelation 9:19For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt.
- Revelation 12:4And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
Greek dictionary
οὐρά oura · tail
οὐρά, -ᾶς, ἡ [in LXX for זָנָב ;] a tail: Rev.9:10, 19 12:4.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “tail” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TAIL, noun
- The part of an animal which terminates its body behind.
- The lower part, noting inferiority.“The Lord will make thee the head, and not the tail” Deuteronomy 28:13
- Any thing hanging long; a catkin.
- The hinder part of any thing.
All definitions and other forms of “tail”
- In anatomy, that tendon of a muscle which is fixed to the movable part.
- In botany, the tail of a seed, is a downy or feathery appendage to certain seeds, formed of the permanent elongated style.
- Horse's tail among the Tartars and Chinese, is an ensign or flag; among the Turks, a standard borne before the grand visier, bashaws and the sangiacs.
- In heraldry, the tail of a hart.
- In music, the part of a note running upwards or downwards.
- The extremity or last end; as the tail of a storm.
TAIL, noun
In law, an estate in tail is a limited fee; an estate limited to certain heirs, and from which the other heirs are precluded. Estates tail are general or special; general, where lands and tenements are given to one, and to the heirs of his body begotten; special, where the gift is restrained to certain heirs of the donee; s body, as to his heirs by a particular woman names. See Entail.]
TAIL, verb transitive
To pull by the tail
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.