ΕΚΑΤΟΜΒΗΝ, εκατομβην
EKATOMBĒN, ekatombēn
Sounds Like: heh-kah-TOM-bayn
Translations: hecatomb, a hecatomb, a great sacrifice, a great slaughter
From the root: ΕΚΑΤΟΜΒΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a great public sacrifice, originally of a hundred oxen, but later used more generally for any large sacrifice or even a great slaughter. It is typically used in the context of religious rituals or significant events involving many victims.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G1635 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 16 — 2:14
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΚΑΤΟΜΒΗ.
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- ΕΚΑΤΟΜΒΑΣ — hecatombs, sacrifices of a hundred oxen
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