ΚΛΙΜΑΚΑ, κλιμακα
KLIMAKA, klimaka
Sounds Like: KLEE-ma-ka
Translations: ladder, a ladder, stairway, stairs
From the root: ΚΛΙΜΑΞ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a ladder, a set of stairs, or a stairway. It is used to describe a means of ascent or descent, often implying a structure with rungs or steps. In the provided examples, it refers to ladders or stairs used in a military context or for general ascent.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G2829 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 19:279
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 10:5
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 86:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΛΙΜΑΞ.
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.
- ΚΛΙΜΑΚ — ladder, a ladder, staircase, a staircase, flight of stairs, a flight of stairs
- ΚΛΙΜΑΚΑΣ — ladders, stairways, stairs
- ΚΛΙΜΑΚΕΣ — ladders, stairs, steps
- ΚΛΙΜΑΚΟΣ — of a ladder, of a stairway, of a flight of stairs, of a scaling-ladder
- ΚΛΙΜΑΚΩΝ — of a ladder, of ladders, of a stairway, of stairways, of a flight of stairs, of flights of stairs
- ΚΛΙΜΑΞ — ladder, a ladder, stairway, a stairway
- ΚΛΙΜΑΤΑΙΣ — to ladders, to stairs, to steps, to ascents
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