ἈΚΟΝΤΙΣΤΑΙΣ, ἀκοντισταις
AKONTISTAIS, akontistais
Sounds Like: ah-kon-TIS-tays
Translations: (to) javelin-throwers, (to) spearmen
From the root: ἈΚΟΝΤΙΣΤΗΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to soldiers or warriors who are skilled in throwing javelins or spears. It describes those who use such weapons in combat.
Inflection: Dative, Plural, Masculine
Strong’s number: G000185 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 7:6
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΚΟΝΤΙΣΤΗΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΚΟΝΤΙΣΤΑΙ — javelin-throwers, dart-throwers, spearmen
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