ΔΕΛΤΩΝ, δελτων
DELTŌN, deltōn
Sounds Like: DEL-ton
Translations: of writing tablets, of letters, of documents, of books, of records
From the root: ΔΕΛΤΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word is the genitive plural form of the noun 'δέλτος' (deltos). It refers to things made of wood or other materials used for writing, such as writing tablets, letters, documents, or records. In its plural form, it often refers to a collection of such items, like public records or archives. The genitive case indicates possession or origin, so 'ΔΕΛΤΩΝ' means 'of writing tablets' or 'from the records'.
Inflection: Plural, Genitive, Feminine
Strong’s number: G1178 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 14 — 10:219
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΕΛΤΟΣ.
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.
- ΔΕΛΤΟΙΣ — tablets, writing tablets, records, documents
- ΔΕΛΤΟΝ — tablet, a tablet, writing tablet, a writing tablet
- ΔΕΛΤΟΣ — writing tablet, tablet, a writing tablet, a tablet, letter, a letter
- ΔΕΛΤΟΥΣ — tablet, a tablet, writing tablet, a writing tablet, letter, a letter, document, a document
- ΔΕΛΤΩ — (to) a writing tablet, (to) a book, (to) a record, (to) a document
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