ΞΥΛΟ, ξυλο
XYLO, xylo
Sounds Like: XOO-loh
Translations: wood, a tree, a stick, a club, a cross, a staff, a timber
From the root: ΞΥΛΟΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to wood in various forms, including a piece of wood, a tree (especially a living one), a stick, a club, or a staff. In the New Testament, it is notably used to refer to the cross on which Jesus was crucified, or to a gallows. It can also refer to timber used in construction.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G3586 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΞΥΛΟΝ.
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.
- ΞΟΙΛΟΥ — (of) wood, (of) a tree, (of) a stick, (of) a club, (of) a cross
- ΞΥΛ? — wood, a wood, tree, a tree, timber, a timber, staff, a staff, cross, a cross
- ΞΥΛΑ — wood, woods, tree, trees, timber, timbers, stick, sticks, log, logs
- ΞΥΛΑΟΝ — of wood, of a tree, of a stick, of a log, of a timber
- ΞΥΛΑΡΙΑ — small pieces of wood, sticks, kindling, firewood, a small piece of wood, a stick, kindling, firewood
- ΞΥΛΙΝΗ — wooden, made of wood
- ΞΥΛΙΝΟΣ — wooden, made of wood
- ΞΥΛΟΙΣ — (to) wood, (to) a tree, (to) timber, (to) a staff, (to) a club, (to) a cross
- ΞΥΛΟΝ — wood, a wood, tree, a tree, timber, a timber, staff, a staff, club, a club, cross, a cross
- ΞΥΛΟΣ — wood, a tree, a staff, a club, a cross, a piece of wood
- ΞΥΛΟΥ — of wood, of a tree, of a stick, of a log, of a club, of a cross, of a staff
- ΞΥΛΩ — (to) wood, (to) a tree, (to) a staff, (to) a club, (to) a cross
- ΞΥΛΩΝ — of wood, of trees, of timber, of a tree, of a piece of wood
- ΤΟΙΣΞΥΛΟΙΣ — to the wood, to the tree, to the timber, to the stick, to the club, to the cross
- ΤΩΝΞΥΛΩΝ — of the wood, of the woods, of the trees, of the timbers, of the sticks
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