ΣΕΛΕΥΚΕΙΣ, σελευκεις
SELEUKEIS, seleukeis
Sounds Like: seh-LEW-kees
Translations: Seleucids, Seleucidae
From the root: ΣΕΛΕΥΚΕΥΣ
Part of Speech: Proper Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the Seleucids, the members of the Seleucid dynasty, which was a Hellenistic state founded by Seleucus I Nicator following the division of the Macedonian Empire of Alexander the Great. It is used to refer to the people or the ruling family.
Inflection: Plural, Masculine, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G4587 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 18 — 9:378
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΕΛΕΥΚΕΥΣ.
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.
- ΣΕΛΕΥΚΕΥΣ — Seleucus, a Seleucus
- ΣΕΛΕΥΚΕΥΣΙΝ — (to) Seleucids, (to) Seleucidae
- ΣΕΛΕΥΚΕΩΝ — of the Seleucids, of the Seleucian dynasty, of Seleucia, of the people of Seleucia
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