Strong's Greek · G3733
ὄρνις
órnis
Definitiona bird (as rising in the air), i.e. (specially), a hen (or female domestic fowl)
Derivationprobably from a prolonged form of the base of G3735 (ὄρος);
KJV usagehen
Occurrences2 in the KJV · 2 verses
ὄρνις in Scripture
Matthew 23:37
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
Luke 13:34
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not!