ΞΥΣΤΟΙΣ, ξυστοις
XYSTOIS, xystois
Sounds Like: KSOO-stoys
Translations: polished, smooth, sharpened, pointed, a javelin, a spear
From the root: ΞΥΣΤΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something that is scraped, smoothed, or polished. It can refer to a smooth surface or, when used as a noun, to a sharpened or pointed object like a javelin or spear. In the provided context, it likely refers to spears or javelins used by soldiers.
Inflection: Plural, Dative, Masculine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G3586 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΞΥΣΤΟΣ.
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.
- ΞΥΣΤΟΝ — polished, smooth, scraped, shaved, a javelin, a spear, a portico, a covered walk
- ΞΥΣΤΟΣ — polished, scraped, a scraped place, a colonnade, a portico
- ΞΥΣΤΟΥ — of scraped, of polished, of smoothed, of a scraped, of a polished, of a smoothed, of a portico, of a colonnade, of a promenade
- ΞΥΣΤΟΥΣ — hewn, polished, smooth
- ΞΥΣΤΩ — hewn, dressed, polished, smooth
- ΞΥΣΤΩΝ — of hewn, of polished, of smoothed
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