ΘΗΛΕΣΙ, θηλεσι
THĒLESI, thēlesi
Sounds Like: THAY-le-see
Translations: (to) female, (for) female, (to) feminine, (for) feminine, (to) women, (for) women
From the root: ΘΗΛΥΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is an adjective meaning 'female' or 'feminine'. It can be used to describe anything that is female. In some contexts, it can also function as a noun, referring to 'women' or 'females' in general.
Inflection: Plural, Dative, All genders
Strong’s number: G2338 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 3 — 9:228
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΘΗΛΥΣ.
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.
- ΗΛΕΙΑΝ — female, a female
- ΘΗΛΕΙ — female, feminine, women, females
- ΘΗΛΕΙΩΝ — of female, of women, of females
- ΘΗΛΙΑ — female, a female, feminine
- ΘΗΛΙΑΙ — female, females, a female
- ΘΗΛΥΚΟΥ — of female, of a female, of feminine, of a feminine
- ΘΗΛΥΝ — female, feminine, a female, a feminine (thing)
- ΘΗΛΥΣ — female, feminine, soft, effeminate
- ΘΗΛΥΤΗΤΑ — femininity, womanliness, female nature
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