Quick Definition
a brood of young birds
Strong's Definition
a brood (of chickens)
Derivation: from G3502 (νεοσσός);
KJV Usage: brood
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
νοσσία, νοσσιᾶς, ἡ (for νεοσσιά, the earlier and more common form (cf. WH's Appendix, p. 145), from νεοσσός, which see), the Sept. for χΕο;
1. a nest of birds.
2. a brood of birds: Luk_13:34 (but L text νοσσία, see the following word). (Deu_32:11 (Gen_6:14; Num_24:22; Pro_16:16, etc.).)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
νοσσιά nossia 1x
a brood of young birds, Luk_13:34
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
νοσσιά , -ᾶς , ἡ
( < νοσσός ),
late form of cl ., νεοσσιά ,
[in LXX chiefly for H7064 ;]
1. a nest of birds.
2. a brood of young birds: Luk_13:34 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
νοσσιά [page 430]
On the form of this collective word = brood ( Luk_13:34 ) see Dieterich Untersuchungen, p. 47. A new ex. of the earlier form may be cited from Menandrea p. 81 .278 νεοττίαν | χελιδόνων . The Ionic form νοσσιή is found in Herodas vii. 72, and hypocoristic proper names Νοσσίς , Νόσσος , Νοσσώ , are quoted by Boisacq, p. 664. See also Hatzidakis Einl. p. 268.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
νοσσιά, -ᾶς, ἡ
(νοσσός),
late form of cl., νεοσσιά,
[in LXX chiefly for קֵן ;]
__1. a nest of birds.
__2. a brood of young birds: Luk.13:34.†
(AS)