ΣΤΙΛΒΕΙΝ, στιλβειν
STILBEIN, stilbein
Sounds Like: STIL-bine
Translations: to shine, to gleam, to glitter, to be bright
From the root: ΣΤΙΛΒΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: ΣΤΙΛΒΕΙΝ is the present active infinitive form of the verb ΣΤΙΛΒΩ, meaning 'to shine' or 'to gleam'. It describes something that emits light or reflects it brightly, often implying a polished or radiant appearance. It can be used in sentences to indicate an action of shining or being bright, for example, 'the sun began to shine' or 'the polished metal gleamed'.
Inflection: Infinitive, Present, Active
Strong’s number: G4744 (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, ΣΤΙΛΒΩ.
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.
- ἘΣΤΙΛΒΕΝ — it shone, it gleamed, it glittered
- ΕΣΤΙΛΒΕΝ — it was shining, it shone, it was gleaming, it gleamed
- ΣΤΙΛΒ — to shine, to glitter, to gleam, to be resplendent
- ΣΤΙΛΒΕΙ — shines, gleams, glitters, is bright
- ΣΤΙΛΒΗΣ — brightness, splendor, a brightness, a splendor
- ΣΤΙΛΒΟΝΤΑ — shining, glistening, dazzling, gleaming
- ΣΤΙΛΒΟΝΤΟΣ — shining, glistening, gleaming, polished, bright
- ΣΤΙΛΒΟΥΣΗΣ — of shining, of gleaming, of glittering
- ΣΤΙΛΒΩ — to shine, to glisten, to flash, to make bright
- ΣΤΙΛΒΩΣΕΙ — he will shine, he will flash, he will make bright, he will polish
- ΣΤΙΛΨΩΣΙΝ — they will shine, they will make bright, they will polish
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