νεοσσός and (so T WH, see νοσσία) νοσσός, νεοσσου, ὁ (νέος), a young (creature), young bird: Luk_2:24. The form νοσσός appears in the Vaticanus text of the Sept.; but in the Alexandrian manuscript everywhere νεοσσός; cf. Sturz, De dial. Maced., p. 185f; Lob. ad Phryn. p. 206f; (cf. Winers Grammar, 24). (In Greek writings from Homer down; the Sept. often for αΕΜο, of the young of animals, as Lev_12:6; Lev_12:8; Job_38:41.) STRONGS NT 3502: νοσσόςνοσσός, see νεοσσός.

νοσσός nossos 1x also spelled νεοσσός , the young of birds, a young bird, chick, Luk_2:24

νοσσός (νεοσσός , Rec. , as in cl . Att. . -ττός ; Phryn. rejects the dissyl. form), -οῦ , ὁ ( < νόος ), [in LXX chiefly for H1121 ;] a young bird: Luk_2:24 ( LXX ).† νεοσσός , see νοσσοός .

νεοσσός / νοσσός [pages 424, 430] According to Moulton Gr. ii. p. 92 this Hellenistic form (for νεοσσός ), which is found on the word s only occurrence in the NT ( Luk_2:24 ), arose from the slurring of ε into a y sound, just as βορέας much earlier produced (βορ yᾶς ) βορρᾶς . Νεοσσός is seen in Kaibel 1033 .20 (iii/B.C.) θ ]ούροις πτερύγεσσι νεοσσόν , and Herodas vii. 48, and νεοσσοπῶλις , seller of young birds in ib. vi. 99. For the LXX usage cf. Thackeray Gr , i. p. 98. Νεοσσός < * νε ϝο -κιός , *a new occupant of a nest, from κεῖμαι (Boisacq, p. 664).

νεοσσός νεοσσός, attic νεοττός, οῦ, ὁ, [Etym: νέος] "a young bird, nestling, chick", Il. , Soph. , etc. "any young animal", as a young crocodile, Hdt. ; of young children, Aesch. , Eur.

νοσσός (νεοσσός, Rec., as in cl. Att.. -ττός; Phryn. rejects the dissyl. form), -οῦ, ὁ (νόος), [in LXX chiefly for בֵּן ;] a young bird: Luk.2:24 (LXX).† (AS)