ΚΡΙΟΝΗ, κριονη
KRIONĒ, krionē
Sounds Like: KREE-oh-nay
Translations: ram, a ram
From the root: ΚΡΙΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a male sheep, specifically a ram. It is often used in contexts related to animal husbandry, sacrifices, or as a metaphor for a leader or a battering ram used in siege warfare. In the provided example, it likely refers to a battering ram used against a wall.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G2916 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 7:104
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΡΙΟΣ.
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.
- ΚΡΕΙΟ — ram, a ram, male sheep, a male sheep
- ΚΡΙΟΙ — rams, battering rams, chiefs, leaders
- ΚΡΙΟΙΣ — (to) rams
- ΚΡΙΟΝ — ram, a ram
- ΚΡΙΟΣ — ram, a ram
- ΚΡΙΟΥ — (of) a ram, (of) ram
- ΚΡΙΟΥΣ — rams, a ram
- ΚΡΙΩ — to rams, for rams, with rams, of rams
- ΚΡΙΩΝ — of rams
- ΤΟΥΚΡΙΟΥ — of the ram, of a ram, of the battering ram, of a battering ram
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