ΔΥΣΜΑΣ, δυσμας
DYSMAS, dysmas
Sounds Like: DYS-mas
Translations: west, sunset, the west, western parts
From the root: ΔΥΣΜΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the direction where the sun sets, which is the west. It can also denote the time of sunset or the western regions. It is often used in phrases indicating movement towards or location in the west.
Inflection: Plural, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G1424 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
1 Enoch Greek Collection
Codex Sinaiticus
- Isaiah — 51:3
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 7 — 1:16
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 137:4
Pseudo-Baruch
- The Greek Apocalypse of Baruch (3 Baruch) — 8:1
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 15:12
- Numbers — 33:49
- Deuteronomy — 16:6
- Joshua — 10:13, 10:27, 13:7, 15:3, 23:4
- 2 Samuel — 2:29, 4:7
- 1 Chronicles — 6:78
- 2 Chronicles — 4:4
- Judith — 2:6
- Isaiah — 51:3
- Ezekiel — 27:9
- Daniel (Old Greek) — 8:4
- Enoch — 22:1, 23:1, 23:4, 26:4
From the same root
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