Redirected from γιγαντεϲ, replacing lunate sigma Ϲϲ with normal sigma Σσ/ς.
ΓΙΓΑΝΤΕΣ, γιγαντες
GIGANTES, gigantes
Sounds Like: gee-GAN-tes
Translations: giants
From the root: ΓΙΓΑΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to giants, often depicted as beings of immense size and strength. In ancient Greek mythology and some biblical contexts, they are a race of powerful beings, sometimes portrayed as rebellious against the gods or as offspring of divine and human unions. It is used to describe a group of such beings.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G1008 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
1 Enoch Greek Collection
Codex Sinaiticus
- Job — 26:5
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 6:4
- 1 Chronicles — 20:8
- Judith — 16:6
- 3 Maccabees — 2:4
- Job — 26:5
- Isaiah — 13:3, 14:9
- Baruch — 3:26
- Ezekiel — 32:21
- Enoch — 7:4, 15:8
From the same root
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