ἈΣΥΛΙΑ, ἀσυλια
ASYLIA, asylia
Sounds Like: ah-soo-LEE-ah
Translations: asylum, a place of refuge, sanctuary, immunity from seizure, right of asylum
From the root: ἈΣΥΛΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a place of refuge or sanctuary, often a temple or sacred site, where individuals could find protection from arrest or harm. It also denotes the immunity or inviolability granted to such places or to those who sought refuge within them. It describes a state of being safe from violence or seizure.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G0852 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 16 — 6:163
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 2 Maccabees — 3:12
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΣΥΛΙΑ.
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.
- ἈΣΥΛΙΑΝ — asylum, a sanctuary, immunity, inviolability
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