Lexicon
οὐρά
oura
G3769
G:N-F Greek

tail

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Greek
Language

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

  1. 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.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture