Quick Definition
ᾠόν, οῦ, τό n.n. an egg
Strong's Definition
apparently a primary word; an "egg"
KJV Usage: egg
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, n. | -οῦ
5.18 · Foods and Condiments · Food
egg, chicken egg any kind of egg, but primarily a chicken egg In some languages a distinction is made between eggs produced by birds and those produced by such other animals as reptiles and amphibians. In this one NT context the reference is, of course, to the egg of a hen.
1 The meanings of ᾠόν ‘egg’ (5.18) and γάλα ‘milk’ (5.19) could be classified under Body Products in Domain 8, but in the NT contexts the focus is upon these products as food and not upon the physiological processes involved in producing such products.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὠόν [so RG Tr, but LT WH ᾧόν ; see (Etym. Magn. 822, 40) 1, ε], -ov, τό, fr. Hdt. down, an egg: Lk. xi. 12, (for 7¥°3, found only in the plur. o¥°3, Deut. xxii. 6 sq.; Is. x. 14, ete.).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ὧόν ōon 1x
an egg, Lk. 11:12*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ᾠόν
(Rec. ὠόν), -οῦ, τό [in LXX for בֵּיצָה ;]
an egg: Lk 11:12.†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ᾠόν (ōon) — an egg. ᾠόν, τό, old poetry forms ὤεον, ὤιον, see entry near the end:— egg, τίκτει ᾠὰ ἐν γῇ καὶ ἐκλέπει [ὁ κροκόδειλος] [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of all birds, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; but mostly of hens' eggs, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; [ᾠοῦ] τὸ λευκόν, τὸ ὠχρόν, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὸ πυρρόν, τὸ χρυσοῦν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ᾠὰ ἡμιπαγέα half-boiled eggs, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἑφθά, ὠμά, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ᾠὰ γόνιμα fertile eggs, opposed to ὑπηνέμια, ἄγονα, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ᾠὸν τέλειον, opposed to ἀτελές, [Refs]; ᾠὸν ἀνεμιαῖον, ζεφύριον, wind-egg, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σμύρνης ᾠ. lump, [Refs 6th c.BC+] he has become bald as an egg, [Refs]
2. of the eggs or spawn of fish, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of serpents, [Refs]; of tortoises, [Refs]
3. of plants, seed, [Refs]
4. cupping-glass, τὰ ἰατρικὰ ᾠὰ ὑέλινα ὄντακαὶ σύστομα [Refs 2nd c.BC+]Prooem.: egg-shaped cup, [Refs 4th c.BC+]. The word has the following forms: Attic dialect ᾠόν (- ?~X), confirmed by Inscrr. ὠιῶν [Refs 3rd c.BC+], Papyri (ὠιὰ χήνεα [Refs 3rd c.BC+], and later Mss.; Aeolic dialect ὤιον, genitive ὠίω (¯ ?~X ?~X ¯), [Refs 7th c.BC+]; ὤεον lbyc.16, [Refs 7th c.BC+]; ὤβεον is Argive accusative to [Refs 5th c.AD+]; ᾠόν oxytone accusative to [Refs 9th c.AD+] which Latin ovum would lead us to expect, is found only in late texts [LXX+NT] and is due to loss of the ι in [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; cognate with Latin ovum, OHGei, ONorse egg (prim. Germanic aiia -), whence Engl. examples