ΣΦΕΝΔΟΝΩΝ, σφενδονων
SPHENDONŌN, sphendonōn
Sounds Like: sfen-DOH-nohn
Translations: of a sling, of a slinger, a sling, a slinger
From the root: ΣΦΕΝΔΟΝΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a sling, a weapon used for throwing stones or other projectiles. It can also refer to the person who uses a sling, a slinger. In the provided context, it is in the genitive plural, indicating 'of slings' or 'of slingers'.
Inflection: Plural, Genitive, Feminine
Strong’s number: G5457 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 17 — 10:259
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΦΕΝΔΟΝΗ.
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.
- ἘΚΣΦΕΝΔΟΝΗΣΗ — a slinging out, a casting out, an expulsion
- ΣΦΕΔΟΝΗΣ — (of) a sling, (of) a slinger
- ΣΦΕΝΔΟΝ — sling, a sling
- ΣΦΕΝΔΟΝΑΙΣ — slings, a sling, slingshot, a slingshot
- ΣΦΕΝΔΟΝΑΝ — sling, a sling
- ΣΦΕΝΔΟΝΑΣ — sling, a sling
- ΣΦΕΝΔΟΝΗ — sling, a sling
- ΣΦΕΝΔΟΝΗΝ — sling, a sling
- ΣΦΕΝΔΟΝΗΣ — of a sling, of a sling-stone, of a stone
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