ΣΕΛΕΥΚΕΩΝ, σελευκεων
SELEUKEŌN, seleukeōn
Sounds Like: seh-lew-KEH-ohn
Translations: of the Seleucids, of the Seleucian dynasty, of Seleucia, of the people of Seleucia
From the root: ΣΕΛΕΥΚΕΥΣ
Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Adjective
Explanation: This word is the genitive plural form of 'Seleucus' or 'Seleucia'. It refers to things or people belonging to the Seleucid dynasty, which was a Hellenistic kingdom founded by Seleucus I Nicator, one of Alexander the Great's generals. It can also refer to things or people associated with the city of Seleucia. In a sentence, it would be used to describe something as 'belonging to the Seleucids' or 'from Seleucia'.
Inflection: Plural, Genitive, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G4586 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 4:15
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
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.
- ΣΕΛΕΥΚΕΙΣ — Seleucids, Seleucidae
- ΣΕΛΕΥΚΕΥΣ — Seleucus, a Seleucus
- ΣΕΛΕΥΚΕΥΣΙΝ — (to) Seleucids, (to) Seleucidae
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