ΞΥΛΟΥ, ξυλου
XYLOU, xylou
Sounds Like: xee-LOO
Translations: of wood, of a tree, of a stick, of a log, of a club, of a cross, of a staff
From the root: ΞΥΛΟΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to wood in general, or to an object made of wood such as a tree, a stick, a log, a club, or a staff. In some contexts, it can specifically refer to a cross or a gallows, particularly in the New Testament when referring to the crucifixion. It is a common noun used to describe materials or objects derived from trees.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Neuter
Strong’s number: G3586 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Barnabus
Clement of Alexandria
Clement of Rome
- Clement’s First Letter — 23:4
Codex Sinaiticus
- 2 Esdras — 18:15, 20:36, 20:38
- Esther — 5:14, 7:10, 8:7
- Song of Solomon — 3:9
- Wisdom — 10:4
- Sirach — 27:6, 38:5
- Isaiah — 65:22
- Jeremiah — 2:20, 3:6, 3:13
- Acts of the Apostles — 5:30, 10:39, 13:29
- Galatians — 3:13
- Revelation — 2:7, 18:12, 22:19
- Epistle of Barnabas — 5:13, 8:5, 12:1, 12:7
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Justin Martyr
- First Apology of Justin Martyr — 41:1
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 73:1, 73:4, 81:2, 81:3, 86:1, 86:5, 86:6, 96:1, 97:1, 138:2, 138:3
Pseudo-Baruch
- The Greek Apocalypse of Baruch (3 Baruch) — 4:16
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 2:16, 2:17, 3:1, 3:2, 3:3, 3:8, 3:11, 3:12, 3:17, 3:22, 3:24, 40:19
- Leviticus — 23:40
- Deuteronomy — 19:5, 21:22, 21:23
- Joshua — 8:29
- Judges — 9:48
- 1 Kings — 14:23
- 2 Kings — 16:4, 17:10
- 2 Chronicles — 28:4
- Nehemiah — 8:15, 10:35, 10:37
- Esther — 5:14, 7:10, 8:7
- Wisdom — 10:4
- Sirach — 27:6, 38:5
- Isaiah — 65:22
- Jeremiah — 2:20, 3:6, 3:13
- Ezekiel — 36:30
- Joel — 1:12
- Habakkuk — 2:11
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
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
- ΞΥΛΟ — wood, a tree, a stick, a club, a cross, a staff, a timber
- 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
- 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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