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ὄρνεον G3732
N-GNS  |  3× in 1 sense
bird, fowl; a winged creature, especially in contexts of judgment and apocalyptic imagery
A straightforward term for birds or fowl, this word appears exclusively in Revelation's apocalyptic visions. All three occurrences are in judgment scenes: Babylon becomes a haunt for every unclean bird (Rev 18:2), and birds are summoned to feast on the slain at God's great supper (Rev 19:17, 21). The multilingual translations consistently render this as generic 'bird(s)' or 'fowl,' reflecting its simple, concrete meaning—though the contexts are anything but ordinary.

Senses
1. sense 1 The cross-linguistic evidence uniformly supports the basic meaning 'bird(s)': English 'bird/birds', Spanish 'ave/aves', French 'oiseaux', German 'Voegel'. All three New Testament uses are in Revelation's apocalyptic imagery, where birds serve as scavengers in scenes of divine judgment. The lexicon notes τὰ ὄρνεα could also refer to a bird-market in classical usage, but the biblical usage is literal creatures, particularly in visionary contexts.
PROPERTIES_RELATIONS Nature, Class, Example Geography and Space
AR["الطُّيورِ", "طائِرٍ"]·ben["পাখিদের", "পাখির", "পাখিরা"]·DE["Voegel"]·EN["bird", "birds"]·FR["oiseaux"]·heb["הָעוֹפוֹת", "עוֹף"]·HI["पक्षियों", "पक्षी"]·ID["burung", "burung-burung"]·IT["ornea", "orneois", "orneou"]·jav["manuk", "peksi"]·KO["새들에게", "새들이", "새의"]·PT["ave", "aves"]·RU["птицам", "птицы"]·ES["ave", "aves"]·SW["ndege"]·TR["kuşlar", "kuşlara", "kuşun"]·urd["پرندوں-سے", "پرندے", "پرندے-کا"]

Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)

BDB / Lexicon Reference
ὄρνεον, τό, ={ὄρνις}, bird, Refs 8th c.BC+ __II τὰ . the bird-market, Refs 5th c.BC+