ΔΟΡΥ, δορυ
DORY, dory
Sounds Like: DOR-oo
Translations: spear, a spear, lance, a lance, pole, a pole, tree, a tree, wood, a wood
From the root: ΔΟΡΥ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a spear or lance, often used as a weapon. It can also refer to a pole or the trunk of a tree, or more generally, wood. Its meaning can vary depending on the context, but it generally denotes a long, rigid piece of wood, often with a point.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G1390 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 4:4
Codex Sinaiticus
Ignatius of Antioch
- Ignatius’ Letter to Polycarp — 6:2
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 7:23
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 1 Samuel — 13:19, 13:22, 19:9, 19:10, 20:33, 21:8, 22:6, 26:7, 26:11, 26:12, 26:16, 26:22
- 2 Samuel — 1:6, 2:23, 23:18, 23:21
- 1 Kings — 10:16
- 1 Chronicles — 11:23
- 2 Chronicles — 25:5
- Judith — 11:2
- Job — 41:17
- Sirach — 29:13
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΟΡΥ.
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.
- ΔΟΡΑΣΙ — spears, javelins, lances
- ΔΟΡΑΣΙΝ — (to) spears, (to) lances
- ΔΟΡΑΤΑ — spears, javelins
- ΔΟΡΑΤΙ — to a spear, with a spear, by a spear
- ΔΟΡΑΤΙΟΝ — small spear, a small spear, javelin, a javelin, lance, a lance
- ΔΟΡΑΤΟΣ — of a spear, of a lance, of a javelin
- ΔΟΡΑΤΩΝ — of spears, of javelins, of lances
- ΔΟΡΥʼ — spear, a spear, lance, a lance
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