2001 Translation

EPALXEIS, epalxeis

Sounds Like: eh-PALK-sace

Translations: battlements, parapets, ramparts

From the root: ἘΠΑΛΞΙΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to the defensive structures built on top of a wall, typically with openings for shooting. It is used to describe the fortified upper parts of a city wall or fortress, providing protection for defenders.

Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Accusative or Vocative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G1849 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Three — 7:56
• Book Five — 4:20

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Song of Solomon — 8:9
• Isaiah — 21:11, 54:12
• Jeremiah — 27:15

From the same root

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

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.

• ἘΠΑΛΞΕΩΝ — of battlements, of parapets, of ramparts, of breastworks
• ἘΠΑΛΞΕΩΣ — (of) a battlement, (of) battlements, (of) a rampart, (of) a bulwark
• ἘΠΑΛΞΙΝ — battlement, a battlement, rampart, a rampart, fortification, a fortification

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