ἈΣΚΑΛΩΝΑ, ἀσκαλωνα
ASKALŌNA, askalōna
Sounds Like: as-ka-LOH-na
Translations: Ashkelon, to Ashkelon
From the root: ἈΣΚΑΛΩΝ
Part of Speech: Proper Noun
Explanation: Ashkelon is an ancient Philistine city located on the Mediterranean coast. It is mentioned in the Old Testament and later in historical texts as a significant city in the region. In Koine Greek, this form of the word indicates movement towards or into the city, or that it is the direct object of an action.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G795 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:115
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΣΚΑΛΩΝ.
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.
- ἈΣΚΑΛΩΝ — Ashkelon
- ἈΣΚΑΛΩΝΕΙΤΑΙ — Ashkelonite, an Ashkelonite, of Ashkelon
- ἈΣΚΑΛΩΝΕΙΤΗ — Ashkelonite, an Ashkelonite, of Ashkelon
- ἈΣΚΑΛΩΝΙ — to Ashkelon, in Ashkelon
- ἈΣΚΑΛΩΝΙΤΑΙ — Ashkelonites, people of Ashkelon
- ἈΣΚΑΛΩΝΟΣ — of Ashkelon
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