ΔΕΞΑΜΕΝΑΣ, δεξαμενας
DEXAMENAS, dexamenas
Sounds Like: dek-sa-MEH-nas
Translations: cisterns, reservoirs, tanks
From the root: ΔΕΞΑΜΕΝΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to artificial receptacles for holding water, such as cisterns, reservoirs, or tanks. It is used to describe structures built to collect and store water, often for drinking or irrigation purposes. In the provided context, it is used in the plural accusative form, indicating that multiple such structures were constructed.
Inflection: Plural, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G1180 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 2 — 11:259
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Seven — 6:14
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Exodus — 2:16
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΕΞΑΜΕΝΗ.
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.
- ΔΕΞΑΜΕΝΗΝ — cistern, a cistern, reservoir, a reservoir, tank, a tank, pool, a pool
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