- Original: ὄρνις - Transliteration: Ornis - Phonetic: or'-nis - Definition: 1. a bird 2. a cock, a hen - Origin: probably from a prolonged form of the base of G3735 - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: Probably from a prolonged form of the base of G3735 ; a bird (as rising in the air) that is (specifically) a hen (or female domestic fowl): - hen.