G3790
G3790 — ὀφρύς
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
ophrus (of-roos') n.
1. the eye-"brow" or forehead
2. (figuratively) the brink of a precipice
[perhaps from G3700 (through the idea of the shading or proximity to the organ of vision)]
KJV: brow
Root(s): G3700
TWOT
Not assigned in current lawful mapping.
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KJV Renderings
brow
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὀφρύς, ὀφρύος, ἡ,
1. the eyebrow, so from Homer down.
2. any prominence or projection; as (English the brow) of a mountain (so the Latinsupercilium, Vergil, georg. 1, 108; Hirtius, bell. afr. 58; Livy 27, 18; 34, 29): Luk 4:29 (Homer, Iliad 20, 151; often in Polybius, Plutarch, others).
STRONGS NT 3790a: ὀχετός [ὀχετός, ὀχετου, ὁ,
1. a water-pipe, duct.
2. the intestinal canal: Mar 7:19 WH (rejected) marginal reading (others, ἀφεδρών).]
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ὀφρῦς (brow)
Luke 4:29
- KJV: And rose up and thrust him out of the city and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built that they might cast him down headlong
- GK: και αναστάντες εξέβαλον αυτόν έξω της πόλεως και ήγαγον αυτόν έως οφρύος του όρους εφ΄ ου η πόλις αυτών ωκοδόμητο εις το κατακρημνίσαι αυτόν