osteon denotes bodily skeletal parts, whether spoken of as remains, physical evidence of a body, or a bone subject to breaking.

The occurrences consistently denote bodily skeletal parts: plural forms refer to remains in burial and to flesh-and-bones bodily presence, while the singular names a bone that is not to be broken.

1. Bodily skeletal parts · dominant

   The genitive plural occurs with instructions concerning Joseph's remains in Hebrews 11:22 and with graves full of the dead in Matthew 23:27; in those verses the APB renders “bones.” The accusative plural in Luke 24:39 occurs in the contrast between a spirit and tangible “flesh and bones,” while the nominative singular in John 19:36 is the bone in the clause “A bone of his shall not be broken.”

   Hebrews 11:22Matthew 23:27Luke 24:39John 19:36

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the plural forms as “bones” in burial, graves, and bodily presence, and the singular as “A bone” in John 19:36. These renderings confirm the clauses' overall presentation rather than a separate lexical distinction.