ἈΚΟΝΤΙΣΤΗΝ, ἀκοντιστην
AKONTISTĒN, akontistēn
Sounds Like: ah-kon-tis-TEEN
Translations: javelin thrower, a javelin thrower
From the root: ΑΚΟΝΤΙΣΤΗΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a person who throws a javelin, a light spear designed for throwing. It is used to describe someone skilled in the act of throwing a javelin, often in a military or athletic context. This particular form is an inflection of the noun.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G0001 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 22:30
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΚΟΝΤΙΣΤΗΣ.
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.
- ΑΚΟΝΤΙΣΤΗΣ — javelin-thrower, a javelin-thrower, lancer, a lancer
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