ΚΗΛΙΔΑ, κηλιδα
KĒLIDA, kēlida
Sounds Like: kee-LEE-da
Translations: spot, a spot, blemish, a blemish, stain, a stain
From the root: ΚΗΛΙΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a spot, blemish, or stain, often implying something that defiles or mars. It can be used literally for a physical mark or figuratively for a moral defect or impurity. In the provided examples, it refers to a blemish of old age and a stain on something.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G2924 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 10:37
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 8:7
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΗΛΙΣ.
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.
- ΑΚΗΛΙΔΩΤΟΝ — unstained, unblemished, spotless, undefiled, pure
- ΚΗΛΙΔ — spot, stain, blemish, defilement
- ΚΗΛΙΔΟΣ — of a spot, of a blemish, of a stain
- ΚΗΛΙΣ — spot, blemish, stain
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