ΣΠΟΝΔΑΙΣ, σπονδαις
SPONDAIS, spondais
Sounds Like: spon-DAIS
Translations: (to) libations, (to) treaties, (to) truces
From the root: ΣΠΟΝΔΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a libation, which is a drink offering, typically of wine, poured out as a religious ritual to a deity. It can also refer to a solemn agreement, treaty, or truce, often sealed by such an offering or by a sacrifice. In this inflected form, it indicates the dative or locative case, meaning 'to/for libations/treaties/truces' or 'in/at libations/treaties/truces'.
Inflection: Plural, Dative/Locative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G4689 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
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, ΣΠΟΝΔΗ.
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.
- ΠΟΝΔΕ — libation, drink offering, treaty, a libation, a drink offering
- ΣΠΟΝΔΑΙ — libations, drink offerings, treaties, truces
- ΣΠΟΝΔΑΣ — libations, drink offerings, treaties
- ΣΠΟΝΔΗ — drink offering, a drink offering, libation, treaty, covenant
- ΣΠΟΝΔΗΝ — libation, a libation, drink offering, a drink offering, treaty, a treaty
- ΣΠΟΝΔΙΑΝ — libation, a libation, drink offering, a drink offering
- ΣΠΟΝΔΩΝ — of libations, of drink offerings, of treaties, of truces
- ΣΠΟΝΔ‾Η‾ — drink offering, a drink offering, libation, a libation, treaty, a treaty
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