ΣΠΗΛΑΙΟΙΣ, σπηλαιοις
SPĒLAIOIS, spēlaiois
Sounds Like: spee-LAI-oys
Translations: caves, in caves, to caves
From the root: ΣΠΗΛΑΙΟΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a cave or a grotto. In its inflected form, it indicates a location within or a movement towards multiple caves. It is typically used to describe natural hollows in the earth or rock, often used for shelter or hiding.
Inflection: Plural, Dative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G4693 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Hebrews — 11:38
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 32:292
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Hebrews — 11:38
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΠΗΛΑΙΟΝ.
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.
- ΠΗΛΑΙΟ — cave, a cave, den, a den
- ΠΗΛΑΙ‾Ο‾ — cave, a cave, den, a den
- ΣΠΗΛΑΙΑ — caves, a cave
- ΣΠΗΛΑΙΟΝ — cave, a cave, den, a den
- ΣΠΗΛΑΙΟΥ — of a cave, of the cave, a cave, the cave
- ΣΠΗΛΑΙΩ — (to) a cave, (to) the cave
- ΣΠΗΛΑΙΩΝ — of caves, of dens
- ΣΠΗΛΑΙ‾Ο‾ — cave, a cave, den, a den
- ΣΠΗΛΕΑ — caves, dens
- ΣΠΗΛΕΟ — cave, a cave, den, a den
- ΣΠΗΛΕΟΙΣ — to caves, in caves
- ΣΠΗΛΕΟΝ — cave, a cave, den, a den
- ΣΠΗΛΕΩ — cave, a cave, den, a den
- ΤΑΣΠΗΛΑΙΑ — caves, the caves
- ΤΟΙΣΣΠΗΛΑΙΟΙΣ — to caves, in caves, for caves
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