Quick Definition
ὦμος, ου, ὁ n.m. a shoulder
Strong's Definition
perhaps from the alternate of 5342; the shoulder (as that on which burdens are borne)
KJV Usage: shoulder
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, m. | -ου
8.27 · Body, Body Parts, and Body Products · Parts of the Body
shoulder shoulder In rendering LUK 15:5 the reference to the shoulder is often incorporated into the verb expression itself, that is to say, in a number of languages there are different verbs indicating the manner of carrying, for example, in the hands, on the shoulders, on the head, on the back, etc.
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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ὦμος ōmos 2x
the shoulder, Mt. 23:4; Lk. 15:5*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ὦμος, οὐ, ὁ,
[in LXX chiefly for שְׁכֶם, כָּתֵף ;]
the shoulder: Mt 23:4, Lk 15:5.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ὧμος, “© shoulder ” (Mt 234, Lk 155): Ρ Hamb I. 105?° (111|8.6.} Tov ἀριστερὸν ὦμον, and PSI V. 455} (A.D. 178) a public physician reports—épiSov τοῦτον. . ἔχοντα. . . ἐπὶ τῆς ἀριστερᾶς ὠμοπλάτης καὶ τοῦ ὥμου τύμματα πληγῶν. Cf. P Cairo Zen III. 593813 (iii/B.c.), where amongst other articles of meat we read of—@pos ἃ σκέλος a, and Sy// 633 (=*1042)!8 (ii/iti A.D.) for the combination in connexion with a sacrifice. The word is apparently used= ‘‘beam”’ in P Ryl 11. 23673 (A.D. 256) ποίησον δὲ ἐξαυτῆς dpous δύο ἐλαιουργικοὺς κοπῆναι, “Πᾶνε two beams (?) cut at once for oil-presses "’ (Edd.): cf. P Flor 11. 233% (a.D. 263) τέσσαρας dpous, with the editor’s note. same
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ὦμος (ōmos) — shoulder. ὦμος, ὁ: (see. entry near the end):— the shoulder with the upper arm (ὠλένη being the lower), ξίφεϊ κληῗδα παρ᾽ ὦμον πλῆξ᾽, ἀπὸ δ᾽ αὐχένος ὦμον ἐέργαθεν ἠδ᾽ ἀπὸ νώτου [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κατ᾽ ὤμου δεῖρον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὤμοις or ἐπ᾽ ὤμοις φέρειν, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὤμοισι τοῖσι ἐμοῖσι 'by the strength of mine arms', [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀποστρέψαι τὸν ὦ. to dislocate it, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __b the shoulder is sometimes more exactly specified as πρυμνότατος or πρυμνὸς ὦμος, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; sometimes opposed to χείρ (the arm), χεῖρες ὤμων.. ἐπαΐσσονται [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τοὺς ὤμους ἀποταμόντες σὺν τῇσι χερσί (arms) [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. also of animals. as of a horse, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a lion, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a dog, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of crabs, [Refs]; of birds, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; of ants, [Refs]
3. the shoulder, in a dress, ἐπὶ τῶν ὤμων τῆς ἐπωμίδος [LXX+4th c.BC+]
II. metaphorically of the parts below the top or head of any thing, especially of the fork of a vine (compare ὠμοχάραξ), [Refs]; of the womb, Heroph. cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+]. (Cf. Latin umerus (from *omesos), Gothic ams (stem amsa-), Sanskrit áṃsas, also Aeolic dialect ἐπ-ομμάδιος, and (non-Greek) ἀμέσω [Refs 5th c.AD+]