ΒΙΒΛΙΟΘΗΚΩΝ, βιβλιοθηκων
BIBLIOTHĒKŌN, bibliothēkōn
Sounds Like: bee-blee-oh-THEH-kohn
Translations: of libraries, of book collections
From the root: ΒΙΒΛΙΟΘΗΚΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word is a noun referring to a library or a collection of books. In its genitive plural form, it indicates possession or origin, meaning 'belonging to libraries' or 'from book collections'. It is a compound word formed from 'βιβλίον' (book) and 'θήκη' (case, chest, repository).
Inflection: Plural, Genitive, Feminine
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 12 — 2:12
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΒΙΒΛΙΟΘΗΚΗ.
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.
- ΒΙΒΛΙΟΘΗΚΑΙΣ — (to) libraries, (in) libraries, (for) libraries, (to) archives, (in) archives, (for) archives, (to) bookcases, (in) bookcases, (for) bookcases
- ΒΙΒΛΙΟΘΗΚΗ — library, a library, book-collection, a book-collection
- ΒΙΒΛΙΟΘΗΚΗΝ — library, a library, book collection, a book collection
- ΒΙΒΛΙΟΘΗΚΗΣ — of a library, of a book collection
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