Word Summary
strouthion: a sparrow
Original Word: στρουθίονTransliteration: strouthion
Phonetic Spelling: (stroo-thee'-on)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: a sparrow
Meaning: a sparrow
Strong's Concordance
sparrow.
Diminutive of strouthos (a sparrow); a little sparrow -- sparrow.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4765: στρουθίονστρουθίον,
στρουθίου,
τό (diminutive of
στρουθός),
a little bird, especially of the
sparrow sort,
a sparrow:
Matthew 10:29, 31;
Luke 12:6f (
Aristotle, h. a. 5, 2, p. 539{b}, 33; 9, 7, p. 613{a}, 33; the
Sept. for
צִפּור.) (Cf. Tristram in
B. D., under the word
; Survey of Western Palestine, 'Fauna and Flora,' p. 67f.)