tail
oura denotes the bodily tail, shown as an instrument that sweeps, harms, or bears authority.
The attested verses use the noun for a bodily tail: a dragon's tail sweeps stars away, while the tails of scorpion-like beings and horses are associated with harm and authority.
Senses in use
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Bodily tail as an active or harmful feature · dominant
In Revelation 9:10 and Revelation 9:19, plural forms occur in clauses locating authority and harm in the tails: the APB renders "in their tails is their authority to harm humans" and describes tails that are "like snakes, having heads." In Revelation 12:4, the nominative singular is the subject of the action; the APB renders that the dragon's tail "swept away a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth."
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB consistently presents the term with "tail" or "tails" in these verses. It portrays the tails as sweeping, as containing authority to harm, and as resembling snakes.