2001 Translation

BELESI, belesi

Sounds Like: BEH-leh-see

Translations: with arrows, by arrows, with darts, by darts

From the root: ΒΕΛΟΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to projectiles like arrows or darts. In this form, it is a plural noun in the dative case, indicating the means or instrument by which an action is performed. It is used to describe something done 'with' or 'by means of' arrows or darts.

Inflection: Plural, Dative, Neuter

Strong’s number: G0956 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Three — 7:41
• Book Four — 1:75, 7:37, 7:39
• Book Five — 8:10
• Book Six — 1:60

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΒΕΛΟΣ.

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.

• ΒΕΛΕΙ — to a dart, to an arrow, to a missile, to a javelin
• ΒΕΛΕΣΙΝ — (to) arrows, (with) arrows, (by) arrows
• ΒΕΛΗ — arrows, darts, missiles
• ΒΕΛΟΣ — arrow, a arrow, dart, a dart, missile, a missile
• ΒΕΛΟΥΣ — of a dart, of an arrow, of a javelin, of a missile
• ΒΕΛΩΝ — of darts, of arrows, of javelins

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