ΧΕΙΡΟΝΩΝ, χειρονων
CHEIRONŌN, cheironōn
Sounds Like: kheh-ROH-nohn
Translations: (of) worse, (of) inferior, (of) worse things, (of) inferior things, (of) worse men, (of) inferior men
From the root: ΧΕΙΡΩΝ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is the genitive plural form of the adjective 'ΧΕΙΡΩΝ' (cheirōn), meaning 'worse' or 'inferior'. It is a comparative adjective used to describe something or someone as being of a lower quality, less good, or more disadvantageous than something else. In this form, it indicates possession or relation to multiple 'worse' or 'inferior' things or people.
Inflection: Genitive, Plural, Masculine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G5501 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Six — 1:41
Pseudo-Baruch
- The Greek Apocalypse of Baruch (3 Baruch) — 13:4
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΧΕΙΡΩΝ.
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.
- ΧΕΙΡΟΝ — worse, a worse thing, inferior, more evil
- ΧΕΙΡΟΝΑ — worse, a worse thing, inferior, an inferior thing
- ΧΕΙΡΟΝΙ — (to) worse, (to) inferior
- ΧΕΙΡΟΝΟΣ — of worse, worse
- ΧΕΙΡΟΥΣ — worse, inferior
- ΧΕΙΡΩΝ — Chiron
- ΧΕΙΡΩΝΙ — (to) Cheiron
- ΧΙΡΟΝ — worse, worse off, more evil, more wicked
- ΧΙΡΟΝΑ — worse, more evil, inferior, more grievous
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