ἈΣΣΑΜΩΝΑΙΩΝ, ἀσσαμωναιων
ASSAMŌNAIŌN, assamōnaiōn
Sounds Like: ass-ah-moh-NAI-ohn
Translations: of the Hasmoneans
From the root: ἈΣΣΑΜΩΝΑΙΟΣ
Part of Speech: Proper Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the Hasmoneans, a priestly and royal dynasty that ruled Judea and surrounding regions from the 2nd century BCE to the 1st century BCE. They were the descendants of the Maccabees, who led the Jewish revolt against the Seleucid Empire. The term is used to describe things or people belonging to or associated with this dynasty.
Inflection: Plural, Genitive, Masculine
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 14 — 16:491
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΣΣΑΜΩΝΑΙΟΣ.
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.
- ἈΣΣΑΜΩΝΑΙΟΥ — of Hasmoneus, of a Hasmonean, of the Hasmoneans
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