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Strong's G5606 ὦμος (omos)

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

Same number, other testament: Strong's H5606 — caphaq (“clap”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G5606
Language Greek
Linked Usages 52
Books 22

Strong's G5606 Quick Answer

Strong's G5606 ὤμος (omos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. omos (o'-mos) n. 1. the shoulder (as that on which burdens are borne) [perhaps from the alternate of G5342] It has 52 linked Bible usages across 22 books. Visible English usage signals include shoulders. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
omos (o'-mos) n. 1. the shoulder (as that on which burdens are borne) [perhaps from the alternate of G5342]
Usage
52 linked usages
Books
22 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
shoulders

Meaning and Definition

omos (o'-mos) n. 1. the shoulder (as that on which burdens are borne) [perhaps from the alternate of G5342] KJV: shoulder Root(s): G5342

Original Word
ὤμος
Transliteration
omos
Derivation
Root: φέρω R1: 5342
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G5606. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's G5606 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render omos, 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.

shoulders Matthew 23:4

How Strong's G5606 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. 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 39 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.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G5606 (ὤμος) appears 52 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G5606 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 G5606 in the New Testament

2 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 23:4 KJV

For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.

Luke 15:5 KJV

And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

Strong's G5606 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

39 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 21:14 Septuagint / Brenton

And Abraham rose up in the morning and took loaves and a skin of water, and gave them to Hagar, and he put the child on her shoulder, and sent her away, and she having departed wandered in the wilderness near the well of the oath.

Genesis 24:15 Septuagint / Brenton

And it came to pass before he had done speaking in his mind, that behold, Rebekah the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, and the same the brother of Abraham, came forth, having a waterpot on her shoulders.

Genesis 24:45 Septuagint / Brenton

And it came to pass before I had done speaking in my mind, straightaway Rebekah came forth, having her pitcher on her shoulders; and she went down to the well, and drew water; and I said to her, Give me to drink.

Strong's G5606 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

11 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Esdras 1:3 Septuagint / Brenton

And he spoke unto the Levites, the holy ministers of Israel, that they should hallow themselves unto the Lord, to set the holy ark of the Lord in the house that King Solomon the son of David had built:

2 Maccabees 4:25 Septuagint / Brenton

So he came with the king’s mandate, bringing nothing worthy the high priesthood, but having the fury of a cruel tyrant, and the rage of a savage beast.

2 Maccabees 7:27 Septuagint / Brenton

But she bowing herself toward him, laughing the cruel tyrant to scorn, spoke in her country language on this manner; O my son, have pity upon me that bare thee nine months in my womb, and gave thee suck three years, and nourished thee, and brought thee up unto this age, and endured the troubles of education.

Usage Excerpts

First 52 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G5606.

Genesis 21:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abraham rose up in the morning and took loaves and a skin of water, and gave them to Hagar, and he put the child on her shoulder, and sent her away, and she having departed wandered in the wilderness near the well of the oath.
Genesis 24:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass before he had done speaking in his mind, that behold, Rebekah the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, and the same the brother of Abraham, came forth, having a waterpot on her shoulders.
Genesis 24:45 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass before I had done speaking in my mind, straightaway Rebekah came forth, having her pitcher on her shoulders; and she went down to the well, and drew water; and I said to her, Give me to drink.
Genesis 49:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And having seen the resting place that it was good, And the land that it was fertile, He subjected his shoulder to labor, And became a husbandman.
Exodus 12:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ye shall not eat of it raw nor sodden in water, but only roast with fire, the head with the feet and the appurtenances.
Exodus 12:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the people took their dough before their meal was leavened, bound up as it was in their garments, on their shoulders.
Exodus 28:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt put the two stones on the shoulders of the shoulder piece: they are memorial stones for the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel before the Lord on his two shoulders, a memorial for them.
Exodus 28:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Aaron shall take the names of the children of Israel, on the oracle of judgment on his breast; a memorial before God for him as he goes into the sanctuary.
Exodus 36:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and he put them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod, as stones of memorial of the children of Israel, as the Lord appointed Moses.
Exodus 36:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the two wreaths into the two couplings. And they put them on the two circlets, and they put them on the shoulders of the ephod opposite each other in front.
Exodus 36:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they made two golden rings, and put them on both the shoulders of the ephod under it, in front by the coupling above the connection of the ephod.
Numbers 7:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But to the sons of Kohath he gave them not, because they have the ministrations of the sacred things: they shall bear them on their shoulders.
Deuteronomy 33:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And to Benjamin he said, The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in confidence, And God overshadows him always, And he rested between his shoulders.
Joshua 4:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
said to them, Advance before me in the presence of the Lord into the midst of Jordan, and each having taken up a stone from thence, let him carry it on his shoulders, according to the number of the twelve tribes of Israel:
Judges 9:48 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abimelech went up to the mount of Zalmon, and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a branch of a tree, and took it, and laid it on his shoulders; and said to the people that were with him, What ye see me doing, do quickly as I.
Judges 16:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Samson slept till midnight, and rose up at midnight, and took hold of the doors of the gate of the city with the two posts, and lifted them up with the bar, and laid them on his shoulders, and he went up to the top of the mountain that is before Hebron, and laid them there.
1 Kingdoms 10:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass when he turned his back to depart from Samuel, God gave him another heart; and all these signs came to pass in that day.
1 Kingdoms 17:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And greaves of brass were upon his legs, and a brazen target was between his shoulders.
2 Chronicles 35:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he told the Levites that were able to act in all Israel, that they should consecrate themselves to the Lord: and they put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel built: and the king said, Ye must not carry anything on your shoulders: now then minister to the Lord your God, and to his people Israel.
Job 31:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if the poor did not bless me, And their shoulders were not warmed with the fleece of my lambs;
Job 31:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let then my shoulder start from the bladebone, And my arm be crushed off from the elbow.
Job 31:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I would place it as a chaplet on my shoulders, and read it.
Proverbs 19:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Scourges are preparing for the intemperate, And punishments likewise for fools.
Isaiah 9:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For a child is born to us, and a son is given to us, whose government is upon his shoulder: and his name is called the Messenger of great counsel: for I will bring peace upon the princes, and health to him.
Isaiah 10:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall come to pass in that day, that his yoke shall be taken away from thy shoulder, and his fear from thee, and the yoke shall be destroyed from off your shoulders.
Isaiah 14:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
even to destroy the Assyrians upon my land, and upon my mountains: and they shall be for trampling; and their yoke shall be taken away from them, and their glory shall be taken away from their shoulders.
Isaiah 46:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They bear it upon the shoulder, and go; and if they put it upon its place, it remains, it cannot move: and whosoever shall cry to it, it cannot hear; it cannot save him from trouble.
Isaiah 49:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus saith the Lord, even the Lord, Behold, I lift up my hand to the nations, and I will lift up my signal to the islands: and they shall bring thy sons in their bosom, and shall bear thy daughters on their shoulders.
Isaiah 60:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold thy children gathered: all thy sons have come from far, and thy daughters shall be borne on men’s shoulders.
Isaiah 66:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I turn toward them as a river of peace, and as a torrent bringing upon them in a flood the glory of the Gentiles: their children shall be borne upon the shoulders, and comforted on the knees.
Jeremiah 38:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Prepare thyself, O Zion; execute vengeance; look to thy ways: return, O virgin of Israel, by the way by which thou wentest, return mourning to thy cities.
Ezekiel 12:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
thou shalt be lifted up on men’s shoulders, and shalt go forth in secret: thou shalt cover thy face, and shalt not see the ground: because I have made thee a sign to the house of Israel.
Ezekiel 12:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I did thus according to all that he commanded me; and I carried forth my baggage for captivity by day, and in the evening I dug through the wall for myself, and went out secretly; I was taken up on men’s shoulders before them.
Ezekiel 12:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the prince in the midst of them shall be borne upon shoulders, and shall go forth in secret through the wall, and shall dig so that he may go forth thereby: he shall cover his face, that he may not be seen by any eye, and he himself shall not see the ground.
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 25:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore, behold, I will weaken the shoulder of Moab from his frontier cities, even the choice land, the house of Beth-jeshimoth above the fountain of the city, by the seaside.
Ezekiel 29:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyre; every head was bald, and every shoulder peeled; yet there was no reward to him or to his army serving against Tyre, nor for the service wherewith they served against it.
Ezekiel 34:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ye did thrust with your sides and shoulders, and pushed with your horns, and ye cruelly treated all the sick.
Malachi 2:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, I turn my back upon you, and I will scatter dung upon your faces, the dung of your feasts, and I will carry you away at the same time.
Matthew 23:4 New Testament, KJV
For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.
Luke 15:5 New Testament, KJV
And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
1 Esdras 1:3 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And he spoke unto the Levites, the holy ministers of Israel, that they should hallow themselves unto the Lord, to set the holy ark of the Lord in the house that King Solomon the son of David had built:
2 Maccabees 4:25 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
So he came with the king’s mandate, bringing nothing worthy the high priesthood, but having the fury of a cruel tyrant, and the rage of a savage beast.
2 Maccabees 7:27 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
But she bowing herself toward him, laughing the cruel tyrant to scorn, spoke in her country language on this manner; O my son, have pity upon me that bare thee nine months in my womb, and gave thee suck three years, and nourished thee, and brought thee up unto this age, and endured the troubles of education.
2 Maccabees 12:35 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
At which time Dositheus, one of Bacenor’s company, who was on horseback, and a strong man, was still upon Gorgias, and taking hold of his coat drew him by force; and when he would have taken that cursed man alive, a horseman of Thrace coming upon him smote off his shoulder, so that Gorgias fled unto Marisa.
2 Maccabees 15:30 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And Judas, who was ever the chief defender of the citizens both in body and mind, and who continued his love toward his countrymen all his life, commanded to strike off Nicanor’s head, and his hand with his shoulder, and bring them to Jerusalem.
4 Maccabees 9:30 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Thinkest thou not, most cruel of all tyrants, that thou art now tortured more than I, finding thy overweening conception of tyranny conquered by our patience in behalf of our religion?
4 Maccabees 18:20 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
O that bitter, and yet not bitter, day when the bitter tyrant of the Greeks, quenching fire with fire in his cruel caldrons, brought with boiling rage the seven sons of the daughter of Abraham to the catapult, and to all his torments!
Wisdom of Sirach 6:25 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Bow down thy shoulder, and bear her, And be not grieved with her bonds.
Baruch 2:21 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus saith the Lord, Bow down your shoulders to serve the king of Babylon: so shall ye remain in the land that I gave unto your fathers.
Letter of Jeremiah 1:3 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
So when ye be come unto Babylon, ye shall remain there many years, and for a long season, namely, seven generations: and after that I will bring you away peaceably from thence.
Letter of Jeremiah 1:25 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
The things wherein there is no breath are bought for a most high price.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G5606, grouped by book.

Genesis 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Malachi 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 1 usage, New Testament
Luke 1 usage, New Testament
1 Esdras 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
4 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Baruch 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Letter of Jeremiah 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G5606 FAQ

What does omos (ὦμος) mean?

Omos (Strong's G5606) is a Greek word most simply glossed "shoulder". omos (o'-mos) n. 1. the shoulder (as that on which burdens are borne) [perhaps from the alternate of G5342]

How many times is omos (ὦμος) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 52 linked usages for Strong's G5606 across 22 books.

Where can I study omos (ὦμος) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G5606 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate omos (ὦμος)?

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

Does Strong's G5606 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 39 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 11 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G5606, with linked reader references where each row is available.