Lexical Summary ōtion: an ear Original Word: ὠτίονTransliteration: ōtion Phonetic Spelling: (o-tee'-on) Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Short Definition: an ear Meaning: an ear Strong's Concordance ear. Diminutive of ous; an earlet, i.e. One of the ears, or perhaps the lobe of the ear -- ear. see GREEK ous Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 5621: ὠτίονὠτίον, ὠτίου, τό (diminutive of οὖς, ὠτός, but without the diminutive force; "the speech of common life applied the diminutive form to most of the parts of the body, as τά ῥινια the nose, τό ὀμματιον, στηθιδιον, χελύνιον, σαρκίον the body" Lob. ad Phryn., p. 211f (cf. Winers Grammar, 25 (24))), a later Greek word, the ear: Matthew 26:51; Mark 14:47 (R G (cf. ὠτάριον)); Luke 22:51; John 18:10 (R G L (cf. ὠτάριον)), 26. (The Sept. for אֹזֶן, Deuteronomy 15:17; 1 Samuel 9:15; 1 Samuel 20:2, 13; 2 Samuel 22:45; Isaiah 50:4; Amos 3:12.) |