ἸΣΜΑΗΛΙΤΩΝ, ἰσμαηλιτων
ISMAĒLITŌN, ismaēlitōn
Sounds Like: is-mah-ay-LEE-tone
Translations: of Ishmaelites
From the root: ἸΣΜΑΗΛΙΤΗΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the descendants of Ishmael, the son of Abraham and Hagar. In ancient contexts, they were often associated with nomadic tribes and traders from the Arabian regions. It is used to describe a group of people belonging to the lineage or nation of Ishmael.
Inflection: Genitive, Plural, Masculine
Strong’s number: G2404 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 2 — 3:32
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἸΣΜΑΗΛΙΤΗΣ.
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.
- ἸΣΜΑΗΛΕΙΤΩΝ — of Ishmaelites, of the Ishmaelites
- ἸΣΜΑΗΛΙΤΑΙΣ — (to) Ishmaelites
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