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ΝΗΣΩΝ, νησων
NĒSŌN, nēsōn
Sounds Like: NAY-sohn
Translations: of islands, islands
From the root: ΝΗΣΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word is the genitive plural form of the noun 'ΝΗΣΟΣ' (nēsos), which means 'island'. As a genitive plural, it typically indicates possession, origin, or separation, often translated as 'of islands' or simply 'islands' in context where the genitive case implies a relationship to something else.
Inflection: Genitive, Plural, Feminine
Strong’s number: G3520 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 1 Maccabees — 6:29, 11:38, 15:1
- Psalms of Solomon — 11:4
- Jeremiah — 29:4
- Ezekiel — 27:3, 27:6, 27:7, 27:15
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΝΗΣΟΣ.
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.
- ΝΗΣΙΝ — island, an island
- ΝΗΣΙΟΝ — small island, an island, a small island
- ΝΗΣΟΙ — islands, coastlands
- ΝΗΣΟΙΣ — to islands, for islands, in islands, on islands, islands
- ΝΗΣΟΝ — island, an island
- ΝΗΣΟΣ — island, an island
- ΝΗΣΟΥ — of an island, of an isle, an island, an isle
- ΝΗΣΟΥΣ — islands, an island, island
- ΝΗΣΣΟΙ — islands, an island
- ΝΗΣΩ — island, an island
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