2001 Translation

CHERSAIŌN, chersaiōn

Sounds Like: kher-SAI-ohn

Translations: of land-dwelling, of dry-land, of land-based

From the root: ΧΕΡΣΟΣ

Part of Speech: Adjective

Explanation: This word is an adjective meaning 'land-dwelling' or 'pertaining to dry land'. It is used to describe things or creatures that live on or are associated with land, as opposed to water. In this form, it is the genitive plural, indicating 'of those that are land-dwelling' or 'of things pertaining to dry land'.

Inflection: Plural, Genitive, Masculine, Feminine or Neuter

Strong’s number: G5504 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 1 — 3:102

Justin Martyr

• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 20:3

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΧΕΡΣΟΣ.

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.

• ΧΕΡΣΕΑ — dry, dry land, arid, parched
• ΧΕΡΣΟΝ — dry land, a dry land, dry ground, a dry ground, desert, a desert, wilderness, a wilderness
• ΧΕΡΣΟΣ — dry, dry land, desert, desolate, a desert, a desolate place
• ΧΕΡΣΟΥ — of dry land, of dry ground, of land, of ground

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