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Strong's G3747 ὀστέον (osteon)

Osteon means “bone” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H3747 — kerith (“Cherith”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G3747
Language Greek
Linked Usages 106
Books 33

Strong's G3747 Quick Answer

Strong's G3747 ὀστέον (osteon) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. osteon (os-teh'-on) (or contracted ostoun os-toon') n. 1. a bone [of uncertain affinity] It has 106 linked Bible usages across 33 books. Visible English usage signals include bone. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
osteon (os-teh'-on) (or contracted ostoun os-toon') n. 1. a bone [of uncertain affinity]
Usage
106 linked usages
Books
33 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
bone

Meaning and Definition

osteon (os-teh'-on) (or contracted ostoun os-toon') n. 1. a bone [of uncertain affinity] KJV: bone

Original Word
ὀστέον
Transliteration
osteon
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3747. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

bone

Usage: ὀστέον (Att.. contr. ὀστοῦν, -οῦ, and so Jo, l.with), -ου, τό [in LXX chiefly for עֶצֶם ;] a bone: contr., ὀστοῦν (see supr.), Jhn.19:36 (LXX); uncontr. (as in Hom., Hdt.), ὀστέα, Luk.24:39; ὀστέων, Mat.23:27, Heb.11:22.† (AS)

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How Strong's G3747 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render osteon, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

bone John 19:36

How Strong's G3747 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, New Testament, and 1 Enoch. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 90 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.
  • 1 Enoch rows are separated from the other corpora rather than being hidden inside a generic apocrypha bucket.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G3747 (ὀστέον) appears 121 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G3747 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G3747 in the New Testament

5 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 23:27 KJV

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.

Luke 24:39 KJV

Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.

John 19:36 KJV

For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.

Strong's G3747 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

90 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 2:23 Septuagint / Brenton

And Adam said, This now is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called woman, because she was taken out of her husband.

Genesis 29:14 Septuagint / Brenton

And Laban said to him, Thou art of my bones and of my flesh; and he was with him a full month.

Genesis 50:25 Septuagint / Brenton

And Joseph adjured the sons of Israel, saying, At the visitation with which God shall visit you, then ye shall carry up my bones hence with you.

Strong's G3747 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

10 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Maccabees 13:25 Septuagint / Brenton

Then sent Simon, and took the bones of Jonathan his brother, and buried them in Modein, the city of his fathers.

4 Maccabees 6:26 Septuagint / Brenton

And he being at length burned down to the bones, and about to expire, raised his eyes toward God, and said,

4 Maccabees 9:21 Septuagint / Brenton

And although the framework of his bones was now destroyed, the high-minded and Abrahamic youth did not groan.

Strong's G3747 in 1 Enoch

1 indexed usage in 1 Enoch.

1 Enoch 25:6 Septuagint / Brenton

Then shall they rejoice with joy and be glad, And into the holy place shall they enter; And its fragrance shall be in their bones, And they shall live a long life on earth, Such as thy fathers lived: And in their days shall no sorrow or plague Or torment or calamity touch them.'

Usage Excerpts

First 106 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3747.

Genesis 2:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Adam said, This now is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called woman, because she was taken out of her husband.
Genesis 29:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Laban said to him, Thou art of my bones and of my flesh; and he was with him a full month.
Genesis 50:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joseph adjured the sons of Israel, saying, At the visitation with which God shall visit you, then ye shall carry up my bones hence with you.
Exodus 12:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Nothing shall be left of it till the morning, and a bone of it ye shall not break; but that which is left of it till the morning ye shall burn with fire.
Exodus 12:46 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In one house shall it be eaten, and ye shall not carry of the flesh out from the house; and a bone of it ye shall not break.
Exodus 13:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for he had solemnly adjured the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones hence with you.
Numbers 9:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They shall not leave of it until the morrow, and they shall not break a bone of it; they shall sacrifice it according to the ordinance of the Passover.
Numbers 19:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And everyone who shall touch a man slain by violence, or a corpse, or human bone, or sepulcher, shall be unclean seven days.
Numbers 19:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And a clean man shall take hyssop, and dip it into the water, and sprinkle it upon the house, and the furniture, and all the souls that are therein, and upon him that touched the human bone, or the slain man, or the corpse, or the tomb.
Joshua 24:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
them in Shechem, in the portion of the land which Jacob bought of the Amorites who dwelt in Shechem for a hundred ewe lambs; and he gave it to Joseph for a portion.
Judges 9:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, saying, Which is better for you, that seventy men, even all the sons of Jerubbaal, should reign over you, or that one man should reign over you? and remember that I am your bone and your flesh.
1 Kingdoms 31:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they take their bones, and bury them in the field that is in Jabesh, and fast seven days.
2 Kingdoms 5:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all the tribes of Israel come to David to Hebron, and they said to him, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
2 Kingdoms 19:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: why are ye the last to bring back the king to his house?
2 Kingdoms 19:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye shall say to Amasa, Art thou not my bone and my flesh? and now God do so to me, and more also, if thou shalt not be commander of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.
2 Kingdoms 21:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David went and took the bones of Saul, and the bones of Jonathan his son, from the men of the sons of Jabesh-gilead, who stole them from the street of Beth-shan; for the Philistines set them there in the day in which the Philistines smote Saul in Gilboa.
2 Kingdoms 21:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he carried up thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son, and gathered the bones of them that had been hanged.
2 Kingdoms 21:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they buried the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son, and the bones of them that had been hanged, in the land of Benjamin in the hill, in the sepulcher of Kish his father; and they did all things that the king commanded: and after this God hearkened to the prayers of the land.
3 Kingdoms 13:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he cried against the altar by the word of the Lord, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the Lord, Behold, a son is to be born to the house of David, Josiah by name; and he shall offer upon thee the priests of the high places, even of them that sacrifice upon thee, and he shall burn men’s bones upon thee.
3 Kingdoms 13:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass after he had lamented him, that he spoke to his sons, saying, Whenever I die, bury me in this tomb wherein the man of God is buried; lay me by his bones, that my bones may be preserved with his bones.
4 Kingdoms 13:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass as they were burying a man, that behold, they saw a band of men, and they cast the man into the grave of Elisha: and as soon as he touched the bones of Elisha, he revived and stood up on his feet.
4 Kingdoms 23:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he broke in pieces the pillars, and utterly destroyed the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.
4 Kingdoms 23:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Josiah turned aside, and saw the tombs that were there in the city, and sent, and took the bones out of the tombs, and burned them on the altar, and defiled it, according to the word of the Lord which the man of God spoke, when Jeroboam stood by the altar at the feast: and he turned and raised his eyes to the tomb of the man of God that spoke these words.
4 Kingdoms 23:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said, Let him alone; let no one disturb his bones. So his bones were spared, together with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria.
4 Kingdoms 23:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he sacrificed all the priests of the high places that were there on the altars, and burned the bones of men upon them, and returned to Jerusalem.
1 Chronicles 10:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all the mighty men rose up from Gilead, and they took the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
1 Chronicles 11:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all Israel came to David in Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bones and thy flesh.
2 Chronicles 34:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he burned the bones of the priests upon the altars, and purged Judah and Jerusalem.
Job 2:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Nay, but put forth thy hand, and touch his bones and his flesh: Verily he will curse thee to thy face.
Job 4:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Horror and trembling seized me, And caused all my bones greatly to shake.
Job 7:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou wilt separate life from my spirit; And yet keep my bones from death.
Job 10:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou didst clothe me with skin and flesh, And frame me with bones and sinews.
Job 19:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And my bones are held in my teeth.
Job 20:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
His bones have been filled with vigor of his youth, And it shall lie down with him in the dust.
Job 30:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And by night my bones are confounded; And my sinews are relaxed.
Job 30:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And my skin has been greatly blackened, And my bones are burned with heat.
Job 33:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And again, he chastens him with sickness on his bed, And the multitude of his bones is benumbed.
Job 33:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Until his flesh shall be consumed, And he shall show his bones bare.
Job 33:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He will support him, that he should not perish, And will restore his body as fresh plaster upon a wall; And he will fill his bones with marrow.
Psalms 6:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Pity me, O Lord; for I am weak: Heal me, O Lord; for my bones are vexed.
Psalms 21:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I am poured out like water, And all my bones are loosened: My heart in the midst of my belly is become like melting wax.
Psalms 21:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They counted all my bones; And they observed and looked upon me.
Psalms 30:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For my life is spent with grief, And my years with groanings: My strength has been weakened through poverty, And my bones are troubled.
Psalms 31:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Because I kept silence, my bones waxed old, From my crying all the day.
Psalms 33:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He keeps all their bones: Not one of them shall be broken.
Psalms 34:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
All my bones shall say, O Lord, who is like to thee? Delivering the poor out of the hand of them that are stronger than he, Yea, the poor and needy one from them that spoil him.
Psalms 37:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For there is no health in my flesh because of thine anger; There is no peace to my bones because of my sins.
Psalms 41:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
While my bones were breaking, they that afflicted me reproached me; While they said to me daily, Where is thy God?
Psalms 50:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou shalt cause me to hear gladness and joy: The afflicted bones shall rejoice.
Psalms 52:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For God has scattered the bones of the men pleasers; They were ashamed, for God despised them.
Psalms 101:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For my days have vanished like smoke, And my bones have been parched like a stick.
Psalms 101:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
By reason of the voice of my groaning, My bone has cloven to my flesh.
Psalms 108:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Yea, he put on cursing as a garment, And it is come as water into his bowels, And as oil into his bones.
Psalms 138:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
My bones which thou madest in secret were not hidden from thee, Nor my substance, in the lowest parts of the earth.
Psalms 140:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
As a lump of earth is crushed upon the ground, Our bones have been scattered by the mouth of the grave.
Proverbs 3:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then shall there be health to thy body, And good keeping to thy bones.
Proverbs 3:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And that there may be grace round thy neck; And safety to thy bones:
Proverbs 14:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
A meek-spirited man is a healer of the heart: But a sensitive heart is a corruption of the bones.
Proverbs 15:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And a good report fattens the bones.
Proverbs 17:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But the bones of a sorrowful man dry up.
Proverbs 24:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For they will suddenly punish the ungodly, And who can know the vengeance inflicted by both? For such a one has fully received it. Yea, let no falsehood proceed from his tongue. And whosoever shall be given up to it shall be destroyed: He destroys men with cords, And burns them up as a flame, So that they are not even fit to be eaten by the young eagles. My son, reverence my words, And receive them, and repent. These things says the man to them that trust in God; and I cease. And there is not in me the wisdom of men. And I know the knowledge of the holy. Who has gathered the winds in his bosom? Who has wrapped up the waters in a garment? Who has dominion of all the ends of the earth? What is his name? or what is the name of his children? And he defends those that reverence him. Lest he reprove thee, and thou be made a liar. Take not favor from me before I die. And give me not wealth or poverty; But appoint me what is needful and sufficient: Or be poor and steal, and swear vainly by the name of God. Lest he curse thee, and thou be utterly destroyed. And do not bless their mother. But do not cleanse their way. And exalt themselves with their eyelids. for teeth and jaw teeth as knives, So as to destroy and devour the lowly from the earth, And the poor of them from among men.
Proverbs 32:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ecclesiastes 11:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Among whom none knows what is the way of the wind: As the bones are hidden in the womb of a pregnant woman, So thou shalt not know the works of God, Even all things whatsoever he shall do.
Isaiah 38:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In that day I was given up as to a lion until the morning: so has he broken all my bones: for I was so given up from day even to night.
Isaiah 58:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and thy God shall be with thee continually, and thou shalt be satisfied according as thy soul desires; and thy bones shall be made fat, and shall be as a well-watered garden, and as a fountain from which the water has not failed.
Isaiah 66:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye shall see, and your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall thrive like grass: and the hand of the Lord shall be known to them that fear him, and he shall threaten the disobedient.
Jeremiah 8:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
At that time, saith the Lord, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves;
Jeremiah 20:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then I said, I will by no means name the name of the Lord, and I will no more at all speak in his name. But it was as burning fire flaming in my bones, and I am utterly weakened on all sides, and cannot bear up.
Jeremiah 23:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
My heart is broken within me; all my bones are shaken: I am become as a broken-down man, and as a man overcome with wine, because of the Lord, and because of the excellence of his glory.
Jeremiah 27:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Israel is a wandering sheep; the lions have driven him out: the king of Assyria first devoured him, and afterward this king of Babylon has gnawed his bones.
Lamentations 1:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He has sent fire from his lofty habitation, He has brought it into my bones: He has spread a net for my feet, He has turned me back: He has made me desolate And mourning all the day.
Lamentations 3:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He has made old my flesh and my skin; He has broken my bones.
Lamentations 4:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Their countenance is become blacker than smoke; They are not known in the streets: Their skin has cloven to their bones; They are withered, they are become as a stick.
Ezekiel 6:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will scatter your bones round about your altars,
Ezekiel 24:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and put the pieces into it, every prime piece, the leg and shoulder taken off from the bones,
Ezekiel 24:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
which are taken from choice cattle, and burn the bones under them: her bones are boiled and cooked in the midst of her.
Ezekiel 32:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they are laid with the giants that fell of old, who went down to Hades with their weapons of war: and they laid their swords under their heads, but their iniquities were upon their bones, because they terrified all men during their life.
Ezekiel 37:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the hand of the Lord came upon me, and the Lord brought me forth by the Spirit, and set me in the midst of the plain, and it was full of human bones.
Ezekiel 37:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said to me, Son of man, will these bones live? and I said, O Lord God, thou knowest this.
Ezekiel 37:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said to me, Prophesy upon these bones, and thou shalt say to them, Ye dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.
Ezekiel 37:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus saith the Lord to these bones; Behold, I will bring upon you the breath of life:
Ezekiel 37:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So I prophesied as the Lord commanded me: and it came to pass while I was prophesying, that, behold, there was a shaking, and the bones approached each one to his joint.
Ezekiel 37:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord spoke to me, saying, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: and they say, Our bones are become dry, our hope has perished, we are quite spent.
Ezekiel 39:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And everyone that goes through the land, and sees a man’s bone, shall set up a mark by it, until the buriers shall have buried it in the valley, the burial place of Gog.
Daniel 6:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king commanded, and they brought the men that had accused Daniel, and they were cast into the den of lions, they, and their children, and their wives: and they reached not the bottom of the den before the lions had the mastery of them, and utterly broke to pieces all their bones.
Amos 2:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus saith the Lord; For three sins of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away from it; because they burned the bones of the king of Edom to lime.
Amos 6:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But a remnant shall be left behind, and their relations shall take them, and shall strenuously endeavor to carry forth their bones from the house: and one shall say to the heads of the house, Is there yet anyone else with thee? And he shall say, No one else. And the other shall say, Be silent, that thou name not the name of the Lord.
Micah 3:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
who hate good, and seek evil; who tear their skins off them, and their flesh off their bones:
Micah 3:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
even as they devoured the flesh of my people, and stripped their skins off them, and broke their bones, and divided them as flesh for the caldron, and as meat for the pot,
Habakkuk 3:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I watched, and my belly trembled At the sound of the prayer of my lips, And trembling entered into my bones, And my frame was troubled within me; I will rest in the day of affliction, From going up to the people of my sojourning.
Matthew 23:27 New Testament, KJV
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
Luke 24:39 New Testament, KJV
Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
John 19:36 New Testament, KJV
For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.
Ephesians 5:30 New Testament, KJV
For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
Hebrews 11:22 New Testament, KJV
By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.
1 Maccabees 13:25 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Then sent Simon, and took the bones of Jonathan his brother, and buried them in Modein, the city of his fathers.
4 Maccabees 6:26 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And he being at length burned down to the bones, and about to expire, raised his eyes toward God, and said,
4 Maccabees 9:21 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And although the framework of his bones was now destroyed, the high-minded and Abrahamic youth did not groan.
4 Maccabees 18:17 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
He used to verify Ezekiel, who said, Shall these dry bones live?
Wisdom of Sirach 26:13 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
The grace of a wife delighteth her husband, And her discretion will fatten his bones.
Wisdom of Sirach 28:17 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
The stroke of the whip maketh marks in the flesh: But the stroke of the tongue breaketh the bones.
Wisdom of Sirach 46:12 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Let their bones flourish out of their place, And let the name of them that were honored be continued upon their children.
Wisdom of Sirach 49:10 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And of the twelve prophets let the memorial be blessed, And let their bones flourish again out of their place: For they comforted Jacob, And delivered them by assured hope.
Wisdom of Sirach 49:15 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Neither was there a man born like unto Joseph, A governor of his brethren, a stay of the people, Whose bones were regarded of the Lord.
Baruch 2:24 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
But we would not hearken unto thy voice, to serve the king of Babylon: therefore hast thou made good the words that thou spokest by thy servants the prophets, namely, that the bones of our kings, and the bones of our fathers, should be taken out of their places.
1 Enoch 25:6 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
Then shall they rejoice with joy and be glad, And into the holy place shall they enter; And its fragrance shall be in their bones, And they shall live a long life on earth, Such as thy fathers lived: And in their days shall no sorrow or plague Or torment or calamity touch them.'

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3747, grouped by book.

Genesis 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 11 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 16 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Lamentations 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 11 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Amos 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Micah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Habakkuk 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 1 usage, New Testament
Luke 1 usage, New Testament
John 1 usage, New Testament
Ephesians 1 usage, New Testament
Hebrews 1 usage, New Testament
1 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
4 Maccabees 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 5 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Baruch 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 1 usage, 1 Enoch

Strong's G3747 FAQ

What does osteon (ὀστέον) mean?

Osteon (Strong's G3747) is a Greek word most simply glossed "bone". osteon (os-teh'-on) (or contracted ostoun os-toon') n. 1. a bone [of uncertain affinity]

How many times is osteon (ὀστέον) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 106 linked usages for Strong's G3747 across 33 books.

Where can I study osteon (ὀστέον) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3747 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate osteon (ὀστέον)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as bone. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G3747 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 90 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 10 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G3747, with linked reader references where each row is available.