ΓΟΝΥ, γονυ
GONY, gony
Sounds Like: GOH-noo
Translations: knee, a knee
From the root: ΓΟΝΥ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the knee, the joint connecting the thigh and lower leg. It is often used in contexts of kneeling, bowing, or showing reverence, as in 'bending the knee'. It can also refer to the act of kneeling itself.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G1119 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Six — 1:65
Justin Martyr
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
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
- ΓΟΝΑΤΑ — knees
- ΓΟΝΑΤΩΝ — of knees
- ΓΟΥΝἈΤΤΙΚΩΝ — of knees
- ΓΟΥΝΑΤΤΙΚΩΝ — (of) knees, (of) joints
- ΓΩΝΑΤΑ — knees
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