ΞΙΦΕΙ, ξιφει
XIPHEI, xiphei
Sounds Like: XEE-fay
Translations: (to) a sword, (to) sword, (with) a sword, (with) sword, (by) a sword, (by) sword
From the root: ΞΙΦΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a sword, a common weapon used for cutting or thrusting. In this inflected form, it is in the dative case, which often indicates the instrument or means by which an action is performed, such as 'by means of a sword' or 'with a sword'. It can also indicate the recipient of an action, 'to a sword', though this is less common for this particular noun.
Inflection: Singular, Dative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G3591 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 19 — 4:273
Josephus' The Jewish War
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Joshua — 11:11
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΞΙΦΟΣ.
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.
- ΞΙΦΕΣΙ — to swords, with swords, by swords
- ΞΙΦΕΣΙΝ — (to) swords, (with) swords, (by) swords
- ΞΙΦΗ — swords, a sword
- ΞΙΦΙΔΙΟΝ — dagger, a dagger, short sword, a short sword, knife, a knife
- ΞΙΦΟΣ — sword, a sword
- ΞΙΦΟΥΣ — of a sword, of sword
- ΞΙΦΩΝ — of swords, swords
- ΤΩΝΞΙΦΩΝ — of the swords, of swords
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