ΓΟΝΑΤΑ, γονατα
GONATA, gonata
Sounds Like: GOH-na-tah
Translations: knees
From the root: ΓΟΝΥ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the knees, the joints in the middle of the legs. It is the plural form of the word for 'knee' and is used to describe both human and animal knees. It can be used in contexts referring to kneeling or physical actions involving the knees.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Accusative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G1119 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Rome
- Clement’s First Letter — 57:1
Codex Sinaiticus
- Judges — 7:5, 7:6
- 4 Maccabees — 11:10
- Psalms — 108:24
- Job — 3:12, 16:10
- Sirach — 25:23
- Mark — 15:19
- Luke — 22:41
- Acts of the Apostles — 7:60, 9:40, 20:36, 21:5
- Ephesians — 3:14
- Hebrews — 12:12
- Shepherd of Hermas — 1:3, 5:2, 9:5
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 69:5
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Deuteronomy — 28:35
- Judges — 7:5, 7:6, 16:19
- 1 Kings — 8:54, 19:18
- 2 Kings — 1:13, 9:24
- 1 Chronicles — 29:20
- 2 Chronicles — 6:13
- Ezra (Alpha) — 8:70
- Ezra (Beta) — 9:5
- 4 Maccabees — 11:10
- Psalms — 108:24
- Psalms of Solomon — 8:5
- Job — 3:12, 16:11
- Sirach — 25:23
- Isaiah — 35:3
- Daniel (Theodotion) — 5:6, 6:10, 10:10
The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΓΟΝΥ.
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.
- ΓΟΝΑ — knees, (of) knees, (to) knees
- ΓΟΝΑΣ — knees
- ΓΟΝΑΣΙ — to knees, on knees, at knees
- ΓΟΝΑΣΙΝ — to knees, on knees
- ΓΟΝΑΤΩΝ — of knees
- ΓΟΝΥ — knee, a knee
- ΓΟΥΝἈΤΤΙΚΩΝ — of knees
- ΓΟΥΝΑΤΤΙΚΩΝ — (of) knees, (of) joints
- ΓΩΝΑΤΑ — knees
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