ΒΕΛΩΝ, βελων
BELŌN, belōn
Sounds Like: beh-LOHN
Translations: of darts, of arrows, of javelins
From the root: ΒΕΛΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to projectiles, specifically darts, arrows, or javelins. It is the genitive plural form of the noun 'βέλος' (belos), indicating possession or origin, often translated with 'of' or 'belonging to'. For example, it might be used in phrases like 'the flight of arrows' or 'the sound of darts'.
Inflection: Plural, Genitive, Neuter
Strong’s number: G0956 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 10 — 8:134
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 19:24
- Book Three — 7:32, 7:34, 7:126, 7:128, 7:133, 7:134
- Book Five — 1:10, 2:15, 3:20, 6:22, 12:3
- Book Six — 1:61, 6:12
- Book Seven — 6:15
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
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
- ΒΕΛΕΣΙ — with arrows, by arrows, with darts, by darts
- 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
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