2001 Translation

XOANA, xoana

Sounds Like: KSO-ah-nah

Translations: wooden images, idols, statues

From the root: ΞΟΑΝΟΝ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to wooden images, often uncarved or roughly hewn, that were worshipped as idols or statues, particularly in ancient Greek religious contexts. It is the plural form of the noun 'ξόανον' (xoanon).

Inflection: Plural, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative

Instances

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 4:2, 4:3, 4:81

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 26:245, 26:249

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΞΟΑΝΟΝ.

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.

• ΞΟΑΝΟΝ — wooden image, cult statue, idol, a wooden image, a cult statue, an idol
• ΞΟΑΝΟΥ — of a xoanon, of an idol, of a wooden image, xoanon, idol, wooden image
• ΞΟΑΝΩΝ — of idols, of images, of statues

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