ΥΛΑ, υλα
YLA, yla
Sounds Like: HOO-lah
Translations: material, matter, wood, a wood, forest, a forest
From the root: ΥΛΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to material, matter, or substance, often in the sense of raw material or the stuff from which something is made. It can also refer to wood, timber, or a forest. In the provided context, it is the neuter plural form of the noun, suggesting 'materials' or 'woods'.
Inflection: Neuter, Plural, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G5207 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 2:89
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.
- ΤΗΝΥΛΗΝ — the wood, the forest, the matter, the material
- 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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