ΤΗΝΥΛΗΝ, τηνυλην
TĒNYLĒN, tēnylēn
Sounds Like: teen-OO-len
Translations: the wood, the forest, the matter, the material
From the root: ΥΛΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This is a compound phrase consisting of the definite article 'τὴν' (the) and the noun 'ὕλην' (wood, forest, matter, material). The word 'ὕλη' refers to wood, timber, or a forest, but it can also denote raw material, matter, or substance in a more philosophical sense. In a sentence, it would function as the direct object of a verb, indicating 'the wood' or 'the material' being acted upon.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s numbers: G3588 (Lookup on BibleHub), G5207 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Six — 1:6
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΥΛΗ.
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.
- ΥΛΑ — material, matter, wood, a wood, forest, a forest
- ΥΛΑΙ — woods, forests, materials, matter
- ΥΛΑΙΣ — forests, woods, thickets, materials, matter
- ΥΛΗ — wood, a wood, forest, a forest, material, matter, a matter
- ΥΛΗΝ — material, matter, wood, a wood, forest, a forest
- ΥΛΗΣ — of wood, of forest, of material, of matter, a forest, a wood, a material, a matter
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