ΞΙΦΕΣΙ, ξιφεσι
XIPHESI, xiphesi
Sounds Like: XEE-feh-see
Translations: to swords, with swords, by swords
From the root: ΞΙΦΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a sword, a weapon with a long blade used for cutting or thrusting. In this inflected form, it indicates the instrument or means by which an action is performed, often translated as 'with swords' or 'by swords,' or the indirect object, 'to swords.' It is a common term in ancient Greek texts, particularly in military or conflict contexts.
Inflection: Plural, Dative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G3556 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 17 — 10:263
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, ΞΙΦΟΣ.
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.
- ΞΙΦΕΙ — (to) a sword, (to) sword, (with) a sword, (with) sword, (by) a sword, (by) sword
- ΞΙΦΕΣΙΝ — (to) swords, (with) swords, (by) swords
- ΞΙΦΗ — swords, a sword
- ΞΙΦΙΔΙΟΝ — dagger, a dagger, short sword, a short sword, knife, a knife
- ΞΙΦΟΣ — sword, a sword
- ΞΙΦΟΥΣ — of a sword, of sword
- ΞΙΦΩΝ — of swords, swords
- ΤΩΝΞΙΦΩΝ — of the swords, of swords
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