2001 Translation

GELOIOS, geloios

Sounds Like: geh-LOI-os

Translations: ridiculous, laughable, absurd, silly, a ridiculous thing

From the root: ΓΕΛΟΙΟΣ

Part of Speech: Adjective

Explanation: This word is an adjective that describes something as ridiculous, laughable, or absurd. It is used to characterize a person, idea, or situation that is foolish or deserving of scorn or amusement. For example, one might describe a foolish argument or a silly person using this word.

Inflection: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Strong’s number: G1077 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Codex Sinaiticus

• 4 Maccabees — 3:1

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• 4 Maccabees — 3:1

From the same root

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

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.

• ΓΕΛΟΙ — ridiculous, laughable, absurd, silly
• ΓΕΛΟΙΑ — ridiculous, laughable, absurd, a ridiculous thing, a laughable thing, ridiculous things, laughable things
• ΓΕΛΟΙΟΝ — ridiculous, laughable, absurd, a ridiculous thing, an absurdity
• ΓΕΛΟΙΟΤΑΤΟΝ — most ridiculous, most laughable, a most ridiculous thing, the most ridiculous thing
• ΓΕΛΟΙΟΤΕΡΟΝ — more ridiculous, more laughable, more absurd, a more ridiculous thing, a more laughable thing, a more absurd thing

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