2001 Translation

GIGATES, gigates

Sounds Like: gee-GAH-tes

Translations: giants

From the root: ΓΙΓΑΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to giants, mythical or legendary beings of human form but prodigious size and strength. In ancient Greek mythology, they were often depicted as a race of powerful, primeval beings. In biblical contexts, they are mentioned as powerful individuals or groups, sometimes associated with the Nephilim.

Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Accusative, Masculine

Strong’s number: G1008 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Codex Sinaiticus

• Judith — 16:6

From the same root

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

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.

• ΓΕΙΓΑΝΤΑ — giant, a giant
• ΓΙΓ? — giant, a giant
• ΓΙΓΑΝΤ — giant, a giant, giants
• ΓΙΓΑΝΤΑ — giant, a giant
• ΓΙΓΑΝΤΑΣ — giants, a giant
• ΓΙΓΑΝΤΕΣ — giants
• ΓΙΓΑΝΤΟΣ — of a giant, of giant
• ΓΙΓΑΝΤΩ — of giants
• ΓΙΓΑΝΤΩΝ — of giants
• ΓΙΓΑΣ — giant, a giant
• ΓΙΓΑΤΑ — giants, a giant
• ΓΙΓΑΤΩΝ — of giants, giants

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