ΣΙΚΑΙΣ, σικαις
SIKAIS, sikais
Sounds Like: see-KAH-ees
Translations: assassins, dagger-men, cutthroats
From the root: ΣΙΚΑΡΙΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a type of assassin or bandit, specifically those who used a short, curved dagger called a 'sica'. They were known for their stealth and for carrying these daggers concealed under their cloaks, using them to commit murders in crowds, particularly during the Roman occupation of Judea. The term is often associated with a Jewish extremist group during that period.
Inflection: Plural, Dative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G4607 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 20 — 8:186
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΙΚΑΡΙΟΣ.
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.
- ΣΙΚΑΡΙΟΙ — Sicarii, assassins, dagger-men
- ΣΙΚΑΡΙΟΣ — assassin, a dagger-man, a cutthroat
- ΣΙΚΑΡΙΟΥΣ — Sicarii, dagger-men, assassins
- ΤΩΝΣΙΚΑΡΙΩΝ — of the assassins, of the dagger-men, of the Sicarii
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