ΚΥΝΟΜΥΙΑ, κυνομυια
KYNOMUIA, kynomuia
Sounds Like: koo-no-MY-ah
Translations: dog-fly, a dog-fly, gadfly, a gadfly, gnat, a gnat
From the root: ΚΥΩΝ, ΜΥΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This is a compound word, literally meaning 'dog-fly'. It refers to a type of biting insect, often translated as a gadfly or a gnat, known for its persistent and annoying nature. It is used to describe a plague of such insects.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G2954 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
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, ΚΥΩΝ, ΜΥΙΑ.
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.
- ΚΥΝΑΜΥΙΑ — dog-fly, a dog-fly, shameless person, impudent person, a shameless person, an impudent person
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