ΣΤΗΛΑΙΣ, στηλαις
STĒLAIS, stēlais
Sounds Like: STEE-lais
Translations: pillars, columns, gravestones, monuments
From the root: ΣΤΗΛΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to pillars, columns, or upright slabs of stone, often used as monuments, gravestones, or to display inscriptions. It is used here in the plural, indicating multiple such structures. In the provided examples, it refers to geographical markers (Pillars of Hercules) and inscribed bronze tablets.
Inflection: Plural, Dative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G4769 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- 1 Maccabees — 14:26
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 16:50
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΤΗΛΗ.
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.
- ΣΤΗΛΑΙ — pillars, columns, monuments, gravestones
- ΣΤΗΛΑΝ — pillar, a pillar, column, a column, monument, a monument, stele, a stele
- ΣΤΗΛΑΣ — pillars, columns, monuments, sacred pillars
- ΣΤΗΛΗ — pillar, a pillar, column, a column, monument, a monument
- ΣΤΗΛΗΝ — pillar, a pillar, monument, a monument, column, a column
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