ἀλέκτωρ G0220
Rooster, cock; the domestic fowl whose crowing marks the pre-dawn watch, central to Peter's denial narrative.
The common Greek word for a rooster or cock, appearing exclusively in the Passion narratives across all four Gospels. Jesus prophesies that before the rooster crows, Peter will deny him three times (Matt 26:34; Mark 14:30; Luke 22:34; John 13:38), and the cockcrow becomes the devastating signal of fulfilled prophecy (Matt 26:74-75; Mark 14:72; Luke 22:60-61; John 18:27). Mark's account uniquely specifies 'before the rooster crows twice.' The rooster's crow thus functions as more than a time marker — it is the sound of conscience and prophetic vindication. Spanish 'gallo,' French 'coq,' and German 'Hahn' all denote the same domestic bird.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A rooster or cock, the domestic bird whose pre-dawn crowing served as a natural time marker in the ancient world. All twelve NT occurrences cluster in the Passion narrative of Peter's denial: Jesus predicts that the rooster will crow before Peter's threefold denial (Matt 26:34; Mark 14:30; Luke 22:34; John 13:38), and the actual crowing confirms the prophecy (Matt 26:74-75; Mark 14:68, 72; Luke 22:60; John 18:27). The cockcrow functions simultaneously as time signal and prophetic fulfillment. Spanish 'gallo,' French 'coq,' and German 'Hahn' all identify the same common farmyard bird. 12×
AR["الدِّيكِ", "ديكٌ", "ديكٍ", "دِيكٌ", "دِيكٍ"]·ben["মোরগ"]·DE["Hahn", "ἀλέκτορα", "ἀλέκτωρ"]·EN["a-rooster", "rooster"]·FR["coq"]·heb["תַּרְנְגֹל", "תַּרְנְגוֹל"]·HI["मुर्गा", "मुर्गा-ने", "मुर्गे", "मुर्गे-के", "मुर्गे-ने"]·ID["ayam", "ayam-jantan"]·IT["gallo"]·jav["ayam-jago", "ayam-jago,", "ayam-jago.", "jago", "sawung-jago"]·KO["닭-이", "닭이", "수탉이"]·PT["galo", "o-galo"]·RU["петух", "петуха", "петуху"]·ES["de-gallo", "de-que-gallo", "gallo", "un-gallo"]·SW["jogoo"]·TR["horoz"]·urd["مرغ", "مرغ-نے", "مُرغ-نے", "مُرغ-کے"]
Related Senses
H7200 1. Qal: to see, perceive (1257×)G4771 2. you (singular address) (1077×)H8085 1. Qal: hear, perceive aurally (921×)H0859a 1. you (2nd person masculine singular pronoun) (743×)H0398 1. eat (consume food) (697×)H4191 1. die (Qal: natural/general death) (645×)G3708 1. see, perceive visually (419×)G0191 1. hear, perceive sound (360×)H???? 3. (352×)G3708 2. behold, look (exclamatory) (256×)H7272 1. foot (body part) (236×)H8354 1. drink, consume liquid (209×)H3205 1. Qal active: bear/give birth (female subject) (204×)H3205 2. Qal active: beget/father (male subject) (198×)H2421 1. Qal: live, be alive (177×)H8085 2. Qal: listen, heed, pay attention (172×)H2416a 1. alive, living (state/attribute) (146×)H2416e 1. life, lifespan, lifetime (145×)G2198 1. be alive, have life (133×)H8193 1. lip, lips (body part) (123×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
ἀλέκτωρ, ορος, ἡ, (ἀ- privative, λέγω) __B ={ἄλεκτρος}, Refs 2nd c.AD+