ΤΟΙΣΣΠΗΛΑΙΟΙΣ, τοισσπηλαιοις
TOISSPĒLAIOIS, toisspēlaiois
Sounds Like: spee-LEH-ohis
Translations: to caves, in caves, for caves
From the root: ΣΠΗΛΑΙΟΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word is almost certainly a misspelling of 'ΤΟΙΣ ΣΠΗΛΑΙΟΙΣ' (tois spēlaiois), meaning 'to/in/for the caves'. The extra sigma is a likely typographical error. The word refers to a natural underground cavity or a grotto. It is used to indicate a location or a recipient.
Inflection: Plural, Dative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G4693 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Unknown: Yes
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΠΗΛΑΙΟΝ.
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.
- ΠΗΛΑΙΟ — cave, a cave, den, a den
- ΠΗΛΑΙ‾Ο‾ — cave, a cave, den, a den
- ΣΠΗΛΑΙΑ — caves, a cave
- ΣΠΗΛΑΙΟΙΣ — caves, in caves, to caves
- ΣΠΗΛΑΙΟΝ — cave, a cave, den, a den
- ΣΠΗΛΑΙΟΥ — of a cave, of the cave, a cave, the cave
- ΣΠΗΛΑΙΩ — (to) a cave, (to) the cave
- ΣΠΗΛΑΙΩΝ — of caves, of dens
- ΣΠΗΛΑΙ‾Ο‾ — cave, a cave, den, a den
- ΣΠΗΛΕΑ — caves, dens
- ΣΠΗΛΕΟ — cave, a cave, den, a den
- ΣΠΗΛΕΟΙΣ — to caves, in caves
- ΣΠΗΛΕΟΝ — cave, a cave, den, a den
- ΣΠΗΛΕΩ — cave, a cave, den, a den
- ΤΑΣΠΗΛΑΙΑ — caves, the caves
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