ΔΡΑΚΟΝΤΑ, δρακοντα
DRAKONTA, drakonta
Sounds Like: drah-KON-tah
Translations: dragon, a dragon, serpent, a serpent
From the root: ΔΡΑΚΩΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a dragon or a large serpent. In ancient Greek literature, it often denotes a mythical beast, but in the New Testament and Septuagint, it is frequently used metaphorically to refer to Satan or the Devil. It is used here in the accusative case, indicating it is the direct object of a verb.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G1404 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 3:10
Codex Sinaiticus
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Psalms — 90:13
- Job — 26:13, 40:20
- Isaiah — 27:1
- Ezekiel — 29:3
- Daniel (Theodotion) — 14:26, 14:28
- Daniel (Old Greek) — 14:26, 14:28
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Revelation — 20:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΡΑΚΩΝ.
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.
- ΔΡΑΚ — dragon, serpent, a dragon, a serpent
- ΔΡΑΚΕΙ — (to) a dragon, (to) a serpent
- ΔΡΑΚΟΝΤΑΙΣ — to dragons, to serpents
- ΔΡΑΚΟΝΤΕΣ — dragons, serpents
- ΔΡΑΚΟΝΤΙ — (to) a dragon, (to) the dragon, dragon
- ΔΡΑΚΟΝΤΟΣ — of a dragon, of the dragon, of a serpent, of the serpent
- ΔΡΑΚΟΝΤΩ — of dragons, of a dragon
- ΔΡΑΚΟΝΤΩΝ — of dragons, of serpents
- ΔΡΑΚΟΤΑ — dragons, serpents
- ΔΡΑΚΥΟΝ — dragon, a dragon, serpent, a serpent
- ΔΡΑΚΩ — dragon, a dragon, serpent
- ΔΡΑΚΩΝ — dragon, a dragon, serpent, a serpent
- ΔΡΑΚΩΝΟ — of a dragon, of a serpent
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