ΝΗΣΙΟΝ, νησιον
NĒSION, nēsion
Sounds Like: nay-SEE-on
Translations: small island, an island, a small island
From the root: ΝΗΣΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a small island. It is a diminutive form of the word ΝΗΣΟΣ (NESOS), which means 'island'. It is used to describe a landmass completely surrounded by water, emphasizing its small size. For example, one might refer to a 'small island' where a ship could anchor.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G3503 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Acts — 27:16
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΝΗΣΟΣ.
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.
- ΝΗΣΙΝ — island, an island
- ΝΗΣΟΙ — islands, coastlands
- ΝΗΣΟΙΣ — to islands, for islands, in islands, on islands, islands
- ΝΗΣΟΝ — island, an island
- ΝΗΣΟΣ — island, an island
- ΝΗΣΟΥ — of an island, of an isle, an island, an isle
- ΝΗΣΟΥΣ — islands, an island, island
- ΝΗΣΣΟΙ — islands, an island
- ΝΗΣΩ — island, an island
- ΝΗΣΩΝ — of islands, islands
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