ΣΚΥΘΟΠΟΛΙΝ, σκυθοπολιν
SKYTHOPOLIN, skythopolin
Sounds Like: skoo-thoh-PO-lin
Translations: Scythopolis
From the root: ΣΚΥΘΟΠΟΛΙΣ
Part of Speech: Proper Noun
Explanation: Scythopolis was an ancient city in the Decapolis region, located in what is now northern Israel. It was originally known as Beth Shean. The name 'Scythopolis' means 'City of the Scythians,' suggesting a historical connection to Scythian mercenaries or settlers. It is a compound word formed from 'Σκύθης' (Scythian) and 'πόλις' (city).
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G4656 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 24:121
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΚΥΘΟΠΟΛΙΣ.
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.
- ἘΝΣΚΥΘΟΠΟΛΕΙ — in Scythopolis
- ΣΚΥΘΟΠΟΛΕΙ — (to) Scythopolis
- ΣΚΥΘΟΠΟΛΕΩΣ — of Scythopolis
- ΣΚΥΘΟΠΟΛΙΣ — Scythopolis
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