2001 Translation

TAINIA, tainia

Sounds Like: TAI-nee-ah

Translations: band, ribbon, fillet, a headband, a strip, a plank

From the root: ΤΑΙΝΙΑ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a band, ribbon, or fillet, often used as a headband or for decorative purposes. It can also refer to a strip of material or even a plank of wood, depending on the context. It is a feminine noun.

Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G5088 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 3 — 7:157

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Five — 5:49
• Book Six — 7:4

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΤΑΙΝΙΑ.

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.

• ΤΑΙΝΙΑΙ — bands, ribbons, fillets, headbands, a band, a ribbon, a fillet, a headband
• ΤΑΙΝΙΑΣ — of a band, of a ribbon, of a fillet, of a headband, of a stripe, of a strip
• ΤΑΙΝΙΩΝ — of ribbons, of fillets, of headbands, of bands

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