Greek words starting with omicron
516 words in the Bible begin with omicron (ο), listed most frequent first. This is page 1 of 3. Every word links to its meaning, its attested forms, and the verses it appears in.
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- hoὁthe/this/whonot studied yet
- ouοὐnonot studied yet
- hos, hēὅςwhichnot studied yet
- ohutosοὗτοςthis/he/she/itnot studied yet
- hotiὅτιthat/since: thatnot studied yet
- oikosοἶκοςa house: the building a family lives in, and by extension the people who belong to it, from a single household to a whole family line
- horaōὁράωto see: to take something in, whether with the eyes or with the mind, so that it registers and is known
- onomaὄνομαa name: the word by which a person, place, or thing is identified, which in the New Testament regularly stands for the person's whole self, their authority, and their publicly known standing.
- ohutō, ohutōsοὕτωςin this way: pointing to a manner, and by extension a degree, just described or about to be described
- hodosὁδόςa road, or the trip taken along it
+1 more meaning
- a way of living, or the path that leads to God
- ouranosοὐρανόςheaven: the realm above the earth, whether the visible sky overhead or the unseen place where God reigns.
- ounοὖνa connector that tells the reader: what follows flows from what came before
- ophthalmosὀφθαλμόςthe eye: the organ of physical sight
+2 more meanings
- the eye as the avenue of inward sight: perception, understanding, or the lack of it
- the eye as a sign of a person's inner disposition: generous and clear, or grudging and envious
- oudeοὐδέnornot studied yet
- orosὄροςa mountain: a high rise of land, taller than a hill, whether a particular peak or the open hill country
- hososὅσοςjust as/how muchnot studied yet
- oikodomeōοἰκοδομέωto build a physical structure: to construct a house, tower, barn, tomb, or temple
+1 more meaning
- to build up: to strengthen, support, and develop a person or a community in faith and love
- oudeisοὐδείςnot even one: no one, nothing, none at all
- hode, hēdeὅδεthisnot studied yet
- opisōὀπίσωafternot studied yet
- holosὅλοςwhole: one thing taken in its full extent, with nothing of it left out
- oikiaοἰκίαhouse: a dwelling, and by extension the people who live in it and the property it represents.
- orgēὀργήthe wrath of God: his settled, personal opposition to evil and the judgment it brings
+1 more meaning
- human anger: strong hostility in people, usually named as a fault to be put away
- hotanὅτανwhen(-ever)not studied yet
- horionὅριονthe territory belonging to a town or a people: its district, the land lying inside its recognized limits
- hopōsὅπωςthatnot studied yet
- oinosοἶνοςwine: the fermented drink pressed from grapes
- hostis, hētisὅστιςwho/whichnot studied yet
- hoteὅτεwhennot studied yet
- oidaοἶδαawarenot studied yet
- ouchiοὐχίnot!not studied yet
- ochlosὄχλοςa crowd: a large, loosely-gathered body of ordinary people
- ousοὖςthe ear: the organ of hearing, and by extension the readiness to take in and heed what is said
- omnumiὄμνυμιto swear an oath: to make a solemn promise or statement binding by calling on God, or on something sacred, as its guarantor
- outeοὔτεneithernot studied yet
- holokautōmaὁλοκαύτωμαburnt offeringnot studied yet
- ohuοὗwhere: points back to a place already in view, the spot in, at, or toward which something happens
- oligosὀλίγοςsmall in quantity: few in number, little in amount, or brief in time or extent
- homoiosὅμοιοςlike: resembling or matching something else, whether in appearance, in kind, or in standing
- horasisὅρασιςappearance/visionnot studied yet
- osteonὀστέονbonenot studied yet
- onosὄνοςdonkeynot studied yet
- ouaiοὐαίwoe!not studied yet
- ouketiοὐκέτιno longernot studied yet
- hopouὅπουwhere(-ever)not studied yet
- oikeōοἰκέωto dwell: to make one's home in a place, or to reside within a person as a settled, active presence
- oktōὀκτώeightnot studied yet
- orgizōὀργίζωto become angry: to be roused to anger against a person or against what they have done
- oneidismosὀνειδισμόςreproach: the public insult and disgrace heaped on a person by hostile, shaming words.
- holokautōsisὁλοκαύτωσιςholocaust; whole burnt offeringnot studied yet
- hosiosὅσιοςkeeping faith with God: reverently loyal to him and to what he has pledged
- osmēὀσμήa smell: the scent a thing gives off into the air, pleasant or repellent depending on what is giving it off.
- osphusὀσφῦςthe loins: the lower back and hips where a belt is fastened, and, in the same breath, the part of a man's body his children are said to come from.
- ochurōmaὀχύρωμαstrongholdnot studied yet
- hoplonὅπλονa fighter's gear: a weapon, and in the plural the whole kit of arms and armor someone carries into battle
- odunēὀδύνηanguishnot studied yet
- horkosὅρκοςoath: a solemn sworn word that binds the speaker, calling on God as guarantor
- odousὀδούςtooth: one of the teeth in the mouth, whether of a person or of an animal
- optanomaiὀπτάνομαιto see: to take in a person or thing with the eyes, often something momentous one is promised to witness
+1 more meaning
- to appear, to be seen: to become visible to someone, especially a heavenly figure or the risen Jesus showing himself
- oikoumenēοἰκουμένηthe inhabited world: the earth as the place where people live, along with its people and its governing order
- oneidizōὀνειδίζωto reproach: to throw a person's fault, real or alleged, in their face with words that shame them in front of others.
- orthrizōὀρθρίζωto rise at dawnnot studied yet
- ochurosὀχυρόςfirm; lastingnot studied yet
- opsisὄψιςfacenot studied yet
- oiketēsοἰκέτηςslavenot studied yet
- horamaὅραμαsomething seen: the sight set before a person's eyes, and in Acts above all an appearance God gives in order to say something
- hothenὅθενfrom which place: a word pointing back to a physical starting point that something has left or come from
+1 more meaning
- for which reason, therefore: a word that draws a conclusion from something already said
- orphanosὀρφανόςorphannot studied yet
- homoioōὁμοιόωto bring into likeness: to set one thing beside another as its like, either by comparing them in words or by actually making one resemble the other.
- oneidosὄνειδοςdisgracenot studied yet
- ophisὄφιςa snake: the crawling reptile, and by extension a stock image of danger, cunning, and evil
- homoiōsὁμοίωςin the same way: doing or being like what has just been described, so too, likewise
- opheilōὀφείλωto owe: to be bound to give or do what is due, whether a real debt or a duty
- ogdoosὄγδοοςeighthnot studied yet
- hodēgeōὁδηγέωto guidenot studied yet
- opisthenὄπισθενafternot studied yet
- homothumadonὁμοθυμαδόνwith one accord: as a group whose members share one purpose and move as a single body
- homoiōmaὁμοίωμαlikeness: the matching form one thing takes toward another, whether an image made to stand for it or a real sharing of the same condition
- OlophernēsΟλοφέρνηςOlophernēs; Olofernisnot studied yet
- oiktirmosοἰκτιρμόςcompassion: deep, tender mercy felt in the gut, the kind God shows his people and calls them to show one another
- ogdoēkontaὀγδοήκονταeightynot studied yet
- oikteirōοἰκτείρωto have compassionnot studied yet
- orussōὀρύσσωto dignot studied yet
- OuriasΟὐρίαςUriahnot studied yet
- homologeōὁμολογέωto confess or profess: to declare openly and on the record where one stands, owning allegiance to a person or affirming a truth as one's own before others
+3 more meanings
- to acknowledge or admit: to grant that something is true, whether a fact one concedes or a wrong one owns up to
- to promise: to bind oneself by a stated pledge to do something
- to praise: to give God thanks out loud, openly acknowledging his name in worship
- orthrosὄρθροςdawnnot studied yet
- onomazōὀνομάζωto put a name on someone or something, or to say that name out loud
- OziasὈζίαςUzziahnot studied yet
- oikodomēοἰκοδομήa building: a finished structure, whether literal stonework or a structure God is pictured as raising
+1 more meaning
- building up: the strengthening and growth of the Christian community
- ohiosοἷοςsuch asnot studied yet
- orneonὄρνεονbirdnot studied yet
- oupōοὔπωnot yet: a thing has not happened up to this point, while it is still left open that it may happen later
- OchoziasΟχοζιαςOchozias; Okhoziasnot studied yet
- horkizōὁρκίζωto adjurenot studied yet
- oreinosὀρεινόςhillynot studied yet
- oichomaiοἴχομαιdepartnot studied yet
- orthosὀρθόςuprightnot studied yet
- horizōὁρίζωto fix something definitely: to settle a time, a plan, or a person's role so that the matter is no longer open
- olethrosὄλεθροςdestructivenot studied yet
- organonὄργανονorgan; instrumentnot studied yet
- oxusὀξύςsharp: an edge keen enough to cut at a touch, said of a blade about to be used
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- swift: quick to get somewhere, said of feet that hurry to do something
- horismosὁρισμόςmarking out by boundaries; limitationnot studied yet
- holkēὁλκήweightnot studied yet
- oikonomosοἰκονόμοςa manager put in charge of another person's household, property or funds, with real authority to act and a reckoning to face
- oiomaiοἴομαιto supposenot studied yet
- ollumiὄλλυμιdestroy; make an end ofnot studied yet
- oikeiosοἰκεῖοςof one’s householdnot studied yet
- ololuzōὀλολύζωto wailnot studied yet
- orthōsὀρθῶςcorrectlynot studied yet
- OziēlΟζιηλOziēl; Ozilnot studied yet
- olethreuōὀλεθρεύωdestroynot studied yet
- OniasΟνιαςOniasnot studied yet
- OrnaΟρναOrnanot studied yet
- hormaōὁρμάωto stampedenot studied yet
- ostrakinosὀστράκινοςclaynot studied yet
- onomastosὀνομαστόςnotablenot studied yet
- oudepoteοὐδέποτεnever: at no point in the whole stretch of time in view, not on a single occasion
- oiktirmōnοἰκτίρμωνcompassionatenot studied yet
- homouὁμοῦtogethernot studied yet
- oligostosὀλιγοστόςfewestnot studied yet
- hoplēὁπλήhoof; solid hoofnot studied yet
- oknērosὀκνηρόςlazynot studied yet
- oimmoiοἴμμοιah me!not studied yet
- homileōὁμιλέωto talknot studied yet
- ouraniosοὐράνιοςheavenly: in heaven or from heaven; the plain adjective for what belongs to God's realm rather than to earth.
- oktōkaidekatosὀκτωκαιδέκατοςeighteenthnot studied yet
- osphrainomaiὀσφραίνομαιsmellnot studied yet
- ochuroōὀχυρόωmake fast and sure; fortifynot studied yet
- opsiaὀψίαevening: the late part of the day, running from the middle of the afternoon through the hours just after the sun goes down
- oktakosioiὀκτακόσιοι800not studied yet
- ostrakonὄστρακονearthenwarenot studied yet
- odunaōὀδυνάωto be in intense pain or anguish, whether of body or of heart
- ontōsὄντωςreally: as a matter of actual fact, so that a thing is what it is called and not merely called it
- optasiaὀπτασίαvisionnot studied yet
- OdollamΟδολλαμOdollam; Othollamnot studied yet
- OzaΟζαOzanot studied yet
- oreinēὀρεινήmountainous; hill-countrynot studied yet
- homologiaὁμολογίαan open declaration of where a person stands: the act of publicly professing loyalty and belief, and also the profession itself, the thing professed
- hormēὁρμήimpulsenot studied yet
- ouraοὐράtailnot studied yet
- ornithionὀρνίθιονsmall birdnot studied yet
- oikodespotēsοἰκοδεσπότηςthe man at the head of a household: the owner of the house and all that belongs to it, with authority over the people in it and answerable to no one inside it
- ommaὄμμαeyenot studied yet
- hormēmaὅρμημαsudden violencenot studied yet
- oligoōὀλιγόωdiminishnot studied yet
- onuxὄνυξtalonsnot studied yet
- oikonomiaοἰκονομίαthe job of managing what an owner entrusts to a manager: stewardship, the office and work of a trusted agent
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- the ordered way God runs things: his administering of his purpose through history and over the world
- okneōὀκνέωto delaynot studied yet
- holoklērosὁλόκληροςwholenot studied yet
- oxosὄξοςsour wine: the cheap, watered-down vinegar-wine that ordinary working people and Roman soldiers drank to quench thirst.
- ornisὄρνιςhennot studied yet
- orcheomaiὀρχέομαιto dance: to move the body rhythmically, whether in festive celebration or as a performance
- hosiotēsὁσιότηςholinessnot studied yet
- ophelonὄφελονI wish!not studied yet
- OziΟζιOzinot studied yet
- oikogenēsοἰκογενήςhome-bornnot studied yet
- oiphiοἰφίephahnot studied yet
- hodēgosὁδηγόςa guide: one who goes ahead to show the way, whether leading travelers along a road or leading others in how they should live
- hopoteὁπότεwhennot studied yet
- oikodomosοἰκοδόμοςbuilder; architectnot studied yet
- oktōkaidekaὀκτωκαίδεκαeighteennot studied yet
- holokarpōsisὁλοκάρπωσιςwhole offeringnot studied yet
- homichlēὁμίχληfognot studied yet
- homoiōsisὁμοίωσιςlikenessnot studied yet
- homōsὅμωςjust asnot studied yet
- opēὀπήholenot studied yet
- orexisὄρεξιςlustnot studied yet
- oktakischilioiὀκτακισχίλιοιeight thousandnot studied yet
- olisthainōὀλισθαίνωslip and fall; slipnot studied yet
- optaōὀπτάωbakenot studied yet
- othonionὀθόνιονbandagesnot studied yet
- ombrosὄμβροςrainstormnot studied yet
- oudamōsοὐδαμῶςby no meansnot studied yet
- opsimosὄψιμοςlate (rain)not studied yet
- oiōnizomaiοἰωνίζομαιtake bird omens; divinenot studied yet
- homērosὅμηροςpledge for the maintenance of unity; suretynot studied yet
- onuchizōὀνυχίζωpare nailsnot studied yet
- oxunōὀξύνωsharpennot studied yet
- orthoōὀρθόωset uprightnot studied yet
- OpherΟφερOpher; Ofernot studied yet
- oligopsuchosὀλιγόψυχοςfaintheartednot studied yet
- horkōmosiaὁρκωμοσίαoathnot studied yet
- opheiletēsὀφειλέτηςsomeone who owes money and has not yet paid it back
+2 more meanings
- someone who is bound to another and owes them something in return
- someone who is in the wrong and owes for it: a guilty person, a sinner
- opseὀψέlatenot studied yet
- opsōnionὀψώνιονcompensationnot studied yet
- obolosὀβολόςobolnot studied yet
- hodoiporosὁδοιπόροςwayfarernot studied yet
- oinochoosοἰνοχόοςcup-bearernot studied yet
- oligopsucheōὀλιγοψυχέωget discouragednot studied yet
- homonoiaὁμόνοιαoneness of mindnot studied yet
- opisthiosὀπίσθιοςhinder; belonging to the hinder partnot studied yet
- oulēοὐλήscar; marknot studied yet
- hodoiporiaὁδοιπορίαjourneynot studied yet
- homoiotēsὁμοιότηςlikenessnot studied yet
- onarὄναρa dream: what a person sees while asleep, and in Matthew always the channel God uses to deliver a message or warning
- hopoiosὁποῖοςwhat sort?not studied yet
- opheilēmaὀφείλημαa debt: a sum or service one is bound to pay back
+1 more meaning
- sin pictured as a debt owed to God
- opsarionὀψάριονfish eaten as food, especially the small salted or dried fish served as a side dish with bread
- OziaΟζιαOzianot studied yet
- oiktosοἶκτοςoh!not studied yet