Bible Dictionary: Crow

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. i.) To make the shrill sound characteristic of a cock, either in joy, gayety, or defiance.

2. (v. i.) To shout in exultation or defiance; to brag.

3. (v. i.) To utter a sound expressive of joy or pleasure.

4. (n.) A bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus, having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles. It has a harsh, croaking note. See Caw.

5. (n.) A bar of iron with a beak, crook, or claw; a bar of iron used as a lever; a crowbar.

6. (n.) The cry of the cock. See Crow, v. i., 1.

7. (n.) The mesentery of a beast; -- so called by butchers.

Greek

5455. phoneo -- to call out
... to call out. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: phoneo Phonetic Spelling:
(fo-neh'-o) Short Definition: I crow, shout, summon Definition: I give forth a sound ...
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2876. korax -- a raven
... korax. 2877 . a raven. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: korax
Phonetic Spelling: (kor'-ax) Short Definition: a raven Definition: a raven, crow ...
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219. alektorophonia -- the crowing of a rooster
... cockcrowing. From alektor and phone; cock-crow, ie The third night-watch -- cockcrowing.
see GREEK alektor. see GREEK phone. (alektorophonias) -- 1 Occurrence. ...
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4691. spermologos -- a seed picker, fig. one who picks up scraps ...
... babbler. From sperma and lego; a seed-picker (as the crow), ie (figuratively) a
sponger, loafer (specially, a gossip or trifler in talk) -- babbler. ...
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5146. tribolos -- a thistle
... brier, thistle. From treis and belos; properly, a crow-foot (three-pronged obstruction
in war), ie (by analogy) a thorny plant (caltrop) -- brier, thistle. ...
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Library

Hymn at Cock-Crow
... I. HYMN AT COCK-CROW. Awake! the shining day is born! The herald cock proclaims
the morn: And Christ, the soul's Awakener, cries, Bidding us back to life arise. ...
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You Observe How He Treats Ambrose. First, He Calls Him a Crow and ...
... First, he calls him a crow and says that he is black all over; then he calls him
a jackdaw who decks himself in other birds' showy feathers; and then he rends ...
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Of the Proof of their Freedom from any Discrepancies in the ...
... Verily, verily, I say unto thee, The cock shall not crow, until thou deniest me
thrice." [1245] John, from whose Gospel I have taken the passage introduced ...
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John Chapter xiii. 36-38.
... Hear what thou art: "Verily, verily, I say unto thee, The cock shall not crow, till
thou hast denied me thrice." See, that is how thou wilt speedily become ...
/.../augustine/homilies on the gospel of john/tractate lxvi john chapter xiii.htm

Matt. xxvi. 67, 68
... And immediately the cock crew. And Peter remembered the words of Jesus, which
said, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. ...
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On the Animals
... [Ps.101(102):7 Vulgate]. The crow is the black of the sinner or of the demons;
in Solomon: the crows tore him from the valleys. The ...
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A Rash Vow
... Verily, verily I say unto thee, The cock shall not crow, till thou hast
denied Me thrice.'"John 13:38. In the last sermon I partly ...
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Christ's Look
... The other Evangelists connect the sudden change in the denier with his hearing the
cock crow only, but according to Luke there were two causes co-operating to ...
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Of the Manner in which it Can be Shown that no Discrepancies Exist ...
... death. And He said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day,
before that thou shall thrice deny that thou knowest me. ...
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Divers Machinations of the Arians against Athanasius, and his ...
... It is reported, that once, as he was passing through the city, a crow was heard
to caw, and that a number of pagans who happened to be on the spot, asked him ...
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Thesaurus

Crow (9 Occurrences)
... 6. (n.) The cry of the cock. See Crow, vi, 1. 7. (n.) The mesentery of a beast; --
so called by butchers. Multi-Version Concordance Crow (9 Occurrences). ...
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Cock-crow (1 Occurrence)
Cock-crow. Cockcrow, Cock-crow. Cockcrowing . Multi-Version
Concordance Cock-crow (1 Occurrence). Mark 13:35 Be wakeful ...
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Cock (12 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) A chief man; a leader or master. 4. (n.) The crow of a cock, esp. the
first crow in the morning; cockcrow. 5. (n.) A faucet or valve. ...
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Thrice (17 Occurrences)
... Thrice (17 Occurrences). Matthew 26:34 Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee,
That this night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. ...
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Wilt (324 Occurrences)
... (KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT). Matthew 26:34 Jesus said to him, Verily I say to thee, that
this night, before the cock shall crow, thou wilt deny me thrice. (WBS YLT). ...
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Cockcrowing (1 Occurrence)
... (n.) The time at which cocks first crow; the early morning. Int. ... It is derived from
the habit of the cock to crow especially toward morning. See COCK. ...
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Crew (7 Occurrences)
... 5. (v.) imp. of Crow. 6. (imp.) of Crow. ... And Peter called to mind the word that Jesus
said unto him, Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. ...
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Mayest (240 Occurrences)
... Mark 14:72 and a second time a cock crew, and Peter remembered the saying that Jesus
said to him -- 'Before a cock crow twice, thou mayest deny me thrice;' and ...
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Rooster (13 Occurrences)
... (WEB NAS NIV). Luke 22:34 He said, "I tell you, Peter, the rooster will by no means
crow today until you deny that you know me three times." (WEB NAS NIV). ...
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Raven (7 Occurrences)
... that land. Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (n.) A large black passerine bird
(Corvus corax), similar to the crow, but larger. It is ...
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Bible Concordance

Crow (9 Occurrences)

Matthew 26:34 Jesus said to him, "Most certainly I tell you that tonight, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times."
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 26:74 Then he began to curse and to swear, "I don't know the man!" Immediately the rooster crowed.
(Root in WEB WEY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 26:75 Peter remembered the word which Jesus had said to him, "Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times." He went out and wept bitterly.
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 14:30 Jesus said to him, "Most certainly I tell you, that you today, even this night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times."
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 14:72 The rooster crowed the second time. Peter remembered the word, how that Jesus said to him, "Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times." When he thought about that, he wept.
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 22:34 He said, "I tell you, Peter, the rooster will by no means crow today until you deny that you know me three times."
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 22:61 The Lord turned, and looked at Peter. Then Peter remembered the Lord's word, how he said to him, "Before the rooster crows you will deny me three times."
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 13:38 Jesus answered him, "Will you lay down your life for me? Most certainly I tell you, the rooster won't crow until you have denied me three times.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 18:27 Peter therefore denied it again, and immediately the rooster crowed.
(Root in WEB WEY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Crow

Related Terms

Cock-crow (1 Occurrence)

Cock (12 Occurrences)

Thrice (17 Occurrences)

Wilt (324 Occurrences)

Cockcrowing (1 Occurrence)

Crew (7 Occurrences)

Mayest (240 Occurrences)

Rooster (13 Occurrences)