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ΛΑΚΚΟΥΣ, λακκους

LAKKOUS, lakkous

Sounds Like: lak-KOOS

Translations: pits, cisterns, wells, ditches

From the root: ΛΑΚΚΟΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a pit, cistern, or well, often dug in the ground to collect or store water, or sometimes used as a trap or dungeon. It can also refer to a ditch or trench. In the provided examples, it is used in the context of excavated structures, likely for water storage or as part of agricultural infrastructure.

Inflection: Plural, Accusative, Masculine

Strong’s number: G2999 (Lookup on BibleHub)


Instances

Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' The Jewish War
  • Book Seven — 8:40
Justin Martyr
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, ΛΑΚΚΟΣ.

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.

  • ΛΑΚʼΚΟΥ — of a pit, of a cistern, of a well, of a ditch, of a hole
  • ΛΑΚΚΟΙ — pits, cisterns, reservoirs, dens, holes
  • ΛΑΚΚΟΙΣ — (to) pits, (to) cisterns, (to) caves, (to) dungeons
  • ΛΑΚΚΟΝ — pit, a pit, cistern, a cistern, reservoir, a reservoir, dungeon, a dungeon
  • ΛΑΚΚΟΣ — pit, a pit, cistern, a cistern, dungeon, a dungeon, well, a well, ditch, a ditch
  • ΛΑΚΚΟΥ — of a pit, of a cistern, of a well, of a dungeon, of a pool, of a ditch
  • ΛΑΚΚΩ — to a pit, in a pit, a pit, a cistern, a well, a ditch
  • ΛΑΚΚΩΝ — of pits, of cisterns, of wells, of reservoirs, of dungeons

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