ΧΑΛΚΕΙΑ, χαλκεια
CHALKEIA, chalkeia
Sounds Like: khal-KAY-ah
Translations: of bronze, bronze, brazen, copper, coppery, smithery, bronze-work, a bronze-work
From the root: ΧΑΛΚΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This word can function as an adjective meaning 'made of bronze' or 'brazen', describing something that is like bronze in material or quality. It can also be a noun referring to 'bronze-work' or 'smithery', the craft or products made from bronze. In the provided examples, it is used adjectivally to describe body parts as being 'brazen' or 'of bronze', implying strength or hardness.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine (as a noun); or Plural, Nominative, Feminine (as an adjective); or Singular, Nominative, Neuter (as an adjective); or Singular, Accusative, Neuter (as an adjective)
Strong’s number: G5475 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 6:13
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 8:1
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΧΑΛΚΟΣ.
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.
- ΚΑΛΚΟΥ — of bronze, of copper, of brass
- ΧΑΛʼΚΑ — bronze, of bronze, brazen, copper, of copper
- ΧΑΛΚΑ — bronze, of bronze
- ΧΑΛΚΑΙ — bronze, brazen, copper
- ΧΑΛΚΑΙΣ — (to) bronze, (to) brazen, (to) of bronze
- ΧΑΛΚΑΣ — bronze, brazen, of bronze
- ΧΑΛΚΕΙΟΙ — of bronze, bronze, brazen, made of bronze, copper, of copper, made of copper
- ΧΑΛΚΕΙΟΝ — brazen, of bronze, bronze, of copper, copper
- ΧΑΛΚΕΟΣ — bronze, brazen, made of bronze
- ΧΑΛΚΕΟΥΣ — brazen, of bronze, made of bronze, bronze
- ΧΑΛΚΗ — bronze, brazen, of bronze
- ΧΑΛΚΙΟΝ — brazen vessel, a brazen vessel, bronze vessel, a bronze vessel, copper vessel, a copper vessel
- ΧΑΛΚΙΩΝ — bronze, copper, a bronze object, a copper object
- ΧΑΛΚΟ — bronze, copper, brass, money, a bronze, a copper, a brass
- ΧΑΛΚΟΙ — bronze, of bronze, brazen
- ΧΑΛΚΟΙΣ — bronze, of bronze, brazen, copper, of copper
- ΧΑΛΚΟΝ — bronze, copper, money, a bronze, a copper, a money
- ΧΑΛΚΟΣ — bronze, copper, brass, a bronze, a copper, a brass
- ΧΑΛΚΟΥ — of bronze, of copper, of brass
- ΧΑΛΚΟΥΝ — bronze, brazen, of bronze, a bronze thing, the bronze thing
- ΧΑΛΚΩ — (to) bronze, (to) copper, (to) brass, (with) bronze, (with) copper, (with) brass, (in) bronze, (in) copper, (in) brass, a bronze, a copper, a brass
- ΧΑΛΚΩΝ — (of) bronze, (of) copper, (of) brass, (of) bronze objects, (of) copper objects
- ΧΑΛΧΟΥΝ — bronze, a bronze, brazen, made of bronze, copper, a copper, made of copper
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