2001 Translation

BOLAS, bolas

Sounds Like: boh-LAS

Translations: throw, cast, a throw, a cast, a shot, a missile, a stroke, a blow

From the root: ΒΟΛΗ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to the act of throwing or casting something, or the thing that is thrown, such as a missile or a stone. It can also denote the distance of a throw or a stroke/blow. In the provided form, it is likely an inflected form of 'βολή'.

Inflection: Plural, Accusative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G0906 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 15 — 11:418

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Three — 5:11
• Book Four — 9:94

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• 2 Maccabees — 5:3

From the same root

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

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.

• ΒΟΛΑΙ — rays, beams, throws, casts, blows, strokes
• ΒΟΛΑΙΣ — throw, cast, a throw, a cast, shot, missile, a missile, a shot
• ΒΟΛΗΝ — throw, cast, a throw, a cast, a missile, a shot
• ΒΟΛΗΣ — (of) a throw, (of) a cast, (of) a stroke, (of) a missile, (of) a shot, (of) a blow

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