Adjective onikos (of an ass) in the Gospels-Acts

(Translation from NRSV for the New Testament and Brenton for the Septuagint with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)


Matthew

18: 6"If any of you put a stumbling block before one of these little ones who believe in me, it would be better for you if a millstone of an ass (onikos) were fastened around your neck and you were drowned in the depth of the sea.

Mark

9: 42"If any of you put a stumbling block before one of these little ones who believe in me, it would be better for you if a millstone of an ass (onikos) were hung around your neck and you were thrown into the sea.