ΣΧΟΛΗΝ, σχολην
SCHOLĒN, scholēn
Sounds Like: skho-LAYN
Translations: leisure, a leisure, rest, a rest, idleness, an idleness, delay, a delay, school, a school
From the root: ΣΧΟΛΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to leisure, rest, or time free from work. It can also denote a place where such leisure or study occurs, like a school or a place for philosophical discussion. In some contexts, it can imply idleness or delay. It is used to describe a state of being at rest or having free time.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G4970 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Proverbs — 28:19
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Six — 2:23
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΧΟΛΗ.
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.
- ΣΚΟΛΑΣΕΩΣ — (of) leisure, (of) rest, (of) a school, (of) a discussion, (of) a lecture, (of) a philosophical school
- ΣΧΟΛΑΙΤΕΡΟΝ — more slowly, more leisurely, more deliberately, more idly
- ΣΧΟΛΑΣΤΙΚΟΣ — scholarly, learned, leisurely, devoted to study, a scholar
- ΣΧΟΛΗ — leisure, a leisure, idleness, a rest, a school, a lecture, a discussion
- ΣΧΟΛΗΣ — of leisure, of rest, of ease, of time, of opportunity, a leisure, an opportunity
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