ΚΙΟΝΙΣΚΟΙ, κιονισκοι
KIONISKOI, kioniskoi
Sounds Like: kee-oh-NIS-koy
Translations: small pillars, little columns, miniature columns
From the root: ΚΙΩΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to small pillars or columns. It is the plural form of a diminutive noun, indicating that the pillars are not large or grand, but rather small in size. It would be used to describe architectural elements or supports that are smaller than standard columns.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Vocative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G2873 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 8 — 3:81
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
- ΚΙΟΝΕΣ — columns, pillars, a column, a pillar
- 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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