ΣΤΗΛΗΝ, στηλην
STĒLĒN, stēlēn
Sounds Like: STEE-layn
Translations: pillar, a pillar, monument, a monument, column, a column
From the root: ΣΤΗΛΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to an upright slab or block, often made of stone, used as a monument, a boundary marker, or a support. It can also denote a column or a stele, which is a stone slab with inscriptions or carvings.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G4769 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Rome
- Clement’s First Letter — 11:2
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Justin Martyr
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 28:18, 28:22, 31:13, 31:45, 31:52, 35:14, 35:20
- Leviticus — 26:1
- Numbers — 22:41
- Deuteronomy — 16:22
- 2 Samuel — 18:18
- 3 Maccabees — 2:27
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
- ΣΤΗΛΑΙΣ — pillars, columns, gravestones, monuments
- 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
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