3790. ophrus
Strong's Concordance
ophrus: an eyebrow
Original Word: ὀφρῦς, ύος, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: ophrus
Phonetic Spelling: (of-roos')
Short Definition: the brow, a ridge
Definition: the brow, a ridge (of a mountain).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3790: ὀφρύς

ὀφρύς, ὀφρύος, ,

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): Luke 4:29 (Homer, Iliad 20, 151; often in Polybius, Plutarch, others).

STRONGS NT 3790a: ὀχετός [ὀχετός, ὀχετου, ,

1. a water-pipe, duct.

2. the intestinal canal: Mark 7:19 WH (rejected) marginal reading (others, ἀφεδρών).]

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
brow.

Perhaps from optanomai (through the idea of the shading or proximity to the organ of vision); the eye-"brow" or forehead, i.e. (figuratively) the brink of a precipice -- brow.

see GREEK optanomai

Forms and Transliterations
οφρυος οφρύος ὀφρύος οφρύς οχλαγωγήσης ophruos ophryos ophrýos
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ὀφρύος — 1 Occ.

Luke 4:29 N-GFS
GRK: αὐτὸν ἕως ὀφρύος τοῦ ὄρους
NAS: and led Him to the brow of the hill
KJV: him unto the brow of the hill whereon
INT: him unto brow of the hill

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