ΚΙΟΝΕΣ, κιονες
KIONES, kiones
Sounds Like: KEE-oh-nes
Translations: columns, pillars, a column, a pillar
From the root: ΚΙΩΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to columns or pillars, which are vertical structural supports, often cylindrical, used in architecture. They can be found supporting roofs, arches, or as decorative elements. In a sentence, it would be used to describe these architectural features, such as 'the columns supported the roof' or 'the temple had many pillars'.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Accusative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G2947 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
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
- ΚΙΟΝΑ — pillar, a pillar, column, a column
- ΚΙΟΝΑΣ — pillars, columns
- 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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