ΙΚΤΙΝΑ, ικτινα
IKTINA, iktina
Sounds Like: ik-TEE-nah
Translations: kite, a kite
From the root: ΙΚΤΙΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a kite, a bird of prey belonging to the hawk family. It is often mentioned in lists of unclean animals in ancient texts, particularly in the Septuagint and New Testament, signifying its status as an inedible or ritually impure creature.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G2488 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Epistle of Barnabas — 10:4
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΙΚΤΙΝ.
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.
- ΙΚΤΙΝ — kite, a kite
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