Shoulder
ὦμοςStrong’s G5606ōmos
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Ōmos is the Greek word usually translated “shoulders”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.”
Meaning
Usually translated “shoulders”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- shoulders 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 1
- Luke 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
ὦμος ōmos · shoulder
ὦμος, οὐ, ὁ, [in LXX chiefly for שְׁכֶם, כָּתֵף ;] the shoulder: Mat.23:4, Luk.15:5.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “shoulder” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SHOULDER, noun
- The joint by which the arm of a human being or the fore leg of a quadruped is connected with the body; or in man, the projection formed by the bones called scapula or shoulder blades, which extend from the basis of the neck in a horizontal direction.
- The upper joint of the fore leg of an animal cut for th emarket; as a shoulder of mutton.
- Shoulders, in the plural, the upper part of the back.
- Figuratively, support; sustaining power; or that which elevates and sustains.
All definitions and other forms of “shoulder”
- Among artificers, something like the human shoulder; a horizontal or rectangular projection from the body of a thing.
SHOULDER, verb transitive
- To push or thrust with the shoulder; to push with violence.
- To take upon the shoulder; as, to shoulder a basket.
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.