ἈΣΤΡΑΓΑΛΟΣ, ἀστραγαλος
ASTRAGALOS, astragalos
Sounds Like: as-TRA-ga-los
Translations: ankle bone, a knucklebone, a die, a vertebra
From the root: ἈΣΤΡΑΓΑΛΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to an ankle bone or a knucklebone. It can also refer to a die used in games, as knucklebones were often used for this purpose. In a broader sense, it can denote a vertebra or any small bone in the body. It is used to describe a physical bone or an object resembling it.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G795 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 2:21
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Daniel (Theodotion) — 5:24
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΣΤΡΑΓΑΛΟΣ.
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.
- ἈΣΤΡΑΓΑΛΟΥΣ — ankle bones, knuckle bones, dice
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