ΣΙΚΑΡΙΟΣ, σικαριος
SIKARIOS, sikarios
Sounds Like: see-KAH-ree-os
Translations: assassin, a dagger-man, a cutthroat
From the root: ΣΙΚΑΡΙΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to an assassin, specifically one who uses a short, curved dagger (sica). It describes a member of a group of Jewish zealots who carried such daggers concealed under their cloaks, using them to commit political assassinations against Romans and their sympathizers.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G4607 (Lookup on BibleHub)
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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.
- ΣΙΚΑΙΣ — assassins, dagger-men, cutthroats
- ΣΙΚΑΡΙΟΙ — Sicarii, assassins, dagger-men
- ΣΙΚΑΡΙΟΥΣ — Sicarii, dagger-men, assassins
- ΤΩΝΣΙΚΑΡΙΩΝ — of the assassins, of the dagger-men, of the Sicarii
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