ἈΛΕΚΤΩ, ἀλεκτω
ALEKTŌ, alektō
Sounds Like: ah-LEK-tor
Translations: rooster, a rooster, cock, a cock
From the root: ἈΛΕΚΤΩΡ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a rooster or a cock, the male chicken. It is commonly used in ancient Greek texts to denote this bird, often in contexts related to dawn or the crowing sound it makes. The form "ἈΛΕΚΤΩ" is likely a variant or an inflected form of "ἈΛΕΚΤΩΡ", possibly a vocative or an archaic/poetic usage, or even a scribal variation.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Vocative, Masculine (variant of ἈΛΕΚΤΩΡ)
Strong’s number: G0023 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 127:2
From the same root
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