2001 Translation

ILĒS, ilēs

Sounds Like: EE-lays

Translations: of a troop, of a company, of a squadron, a troop, a company, a squadron

From the root: ἸΛΗ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a troop, company, or squadron, often used in a military context to describe a unit of soldiers or cavalry. The form ἸΛΗΣ is the genitive singular, indicating possession or origin, so it would be translated as 'of a troop' or 'belonging to a troop'.

Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine

Strong’s number: G2427 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Two — 19:32
• Book Six — 2:80

Life of Flavius Josephus, The

• The Life of Flavius Josephus — 24:121, 43:214

From the same root

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

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.

• ἸΛΑΙΣ — troop, a troop, company, a company, band, a band
• ἸΛΑΣ — squadron, troop, company, a squadron, a troop, a company
• ἸΛΗ — matter, material, wood, forest, a forest
• ἸΛΗΝ — troop, a troop, squadron, a squadron, company, a company

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