ΑἸΧΜΑΛΩΤΑ, αἰχμαλωτα
AICHMALŌTA, aichmalōta
Sounds Like: ahee-khma-LOH-tah
Translations: captive, a captive, prisoners, things captured
From the root: ΑἸΧΜΑΛΩΤΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This word is an adjective meaning 'taken with the spear' or 'captured in war'. It can also function as a noun, referring to a captive person or things taken as spoils. In its neuter plural form, as seen here, it often refers to 'things captured' or 'captives' (people). It is a compound word derived from αἰχμή (aichmē), meaning 'spear-point', and ἁλωτός (halōtos), meaning 'taken' or 'capturable'.
Inflection: Neuter, Plural, Nominative or Accusative or Vocative
Strong’s number: G0005 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 12 — 2:28
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 7:174
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 1 Maccabees — 2:9
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑἸΧΜΑΛΩΤΟΣ.
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.
- ΑἸΧΜΑΛΩΤΙΔΩΝ — of female captives, of female prisoners
- ΑἸΧΜΑΛΩΤΟΙ — captives, prisoners
- ΑἸΧΜΑΛΩΤΟΙΣ — (to) captives, (to) prisoners, (for) captives, (for) prisoners
- ΑἸΧΜΑΛΩΤΟΝ — captive, a captive, prisoner, a prisoner
- ΑἸΧΜΑΛΩΤΟΣ — captive, a captive, prisoner, a prisoner
- ΑἸΧΜΑΛΩΤΟΥ — (of) a captive, (of) a prisoner
- ΑἸΧΜΑΛΩΤΩΝ — of captives, of prisoners, of those taken captive
- ἘΤΙΑἸΧΜΑΛΩΤΟΥ — (of) a captive, (of) a prisoner, (of) a war-captive
- ΤΟΙΣΑἸΧΜΑΛΩΤΟΙΣ — (to) the captives, (to) the prisoners, (to) the taken by spear
- ΤΩΝΑἸΧΜΑΛΩΤΩΝ — of the captives, of the prisoners
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