ΛΗΣΤΗΡΙΩΝ, ληστηριων
LĒSTĒRIŌN, lēstēriōn
Sounds Like: lees-tay-REE-ohn
Translations: of dens of robbers, of robberies, of gangs of robbers
From the root: ΛΗΣΤΗΡΙΟΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a den or hideout for robbers, or more broadly, to the act of robbery itself, or a gang of robbers. It is used to describe places where criminal activity, particularly banditry, takes place, or the activities of such criminals. In the provided context, it seems to refer to the prevalence of such activities or groups.
Inflection: Plural, Genitive, Neuter
Strong’s number: G3027 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΛΗΣΤΗΡΙΟΝ.
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.
- ΛΗΣΤΗΡΙΟΙΣ — (to) dens of robbers, (to) acts of robbery, (to) robberies
- ΛΗΣΤΗΡΙΟΥ — of a den of robbers, of a robbers' den, of a haunt of robbers
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