ΚΛΙΜΑΚΟΣ, κλιμακος
KLIMAKOS, klimakos
Sounds Like: KLEE-mah-koss
Translations: of a ladder, of a stairway, of a flight of stairs, of a scaling-ladder
From the root: ΚΛΙΜΑΞ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a ladder, a flight of stairs, or a stairway. It can also refer to a scaling-ladder used in sieges. It is used to describe a means of ascent or descent, or a series of steps.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine
Strong’s number: G2829 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- 1 Maccabees — 11:59
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 13 — 5:146
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 1 Maccabees — 11:59
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΛΙΜΑΞ.
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.
- ΚΛΙΜΑΚ — ladder, a ladder, staircase, a staircase, flight of stairs, a flight of stairs
- ΚΛΙΜΑΚΑ — ladder, a ladder, stairway, stairs
- ΚΛΙΜΑΚΑΣ — ladders, stairways, stairs
- ΚΛΙΜΑΚΕΣ — ladders, stairs, steps
- ΚΛΙΜΑΚΩΝ — of a ladder, of ladders, of a stairway, of stairways, of a flight of stairs, of flights of stairs
- ΚΛΙΜΑΞ — ladder, a ladder, stairway, a stairway
- ΚΛΙΜΑΤΑΙΣ — to ladders, to stairs, to steps, to ascents
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