2001 Translation

DĒŌ, dēō

Sounds Like: DAY-oh

Translations: Demeter

From the root: ΔΗΩ

Part of Speech: Proper Noun

Explanation: Δηώ (Dēō) is an alternative name for Demeter, the ancient Greek goddess of agriculture, harvest, fertility, and sacred law. She is often associated with the Eleusinian Mysteries and the cycle of life and death, particularly through her daughter Persephone. The name is used to refer directly to the goddess.

Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G1210 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 2:5, 2:16, 2:27, 2:29, 2:50

From the same root

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

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.

• ΔΗΟΩ — to bind, to tie, to fasten, to put in bonds, to imprison, to declare unlawful, to forbid, to prohibit
• ΗΟΥΣ — Demeter, of Demeter

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