ΚΙΟΝΑ, κιονα
KIONA, kiona
Sounds Like: kee-OH-nah
Translations: pillar, a pillar, column, a column
From the root: ΚΙΩΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a pillar or column, typically a structural support in a building or a monument. It is used to describe physical supports, such as those found in a house or temple, and can also be used metaphorically to describe a foundational or supporting element.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G2947 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 18:118
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 8 — 6:145
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΙΩΝ.
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.
- ΚΙΟΝ — pillar, a pillar, column, a column
- ΚΙΟΝΑΣ — pillars, columns
- ΚΙΟΝΕΣ — columns, pillars, a column, a pillar
- ΚΙΟΝΙΣΚΟΙ — small pillars, little columns, miniature columns
- ΚΙΟΝΙΣΚΩΝ — of small columns, of little pillars
- ΚΙΟΝΟΣ — of a pillar, of a column
- ΚΙΟΝΩΝ — of pillars, of columns
- ΚΙΟΣΙ — to pillars, for pillars, to columns, for columns
- ΚΙΟΣΙΝ — to pillars, to columns
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