ΞΙΦΟΥΣ, ξιφους
XIPHOUS, xiphous
Sounds Like: XEE-foos
Translations: of a sword, of sword
From the root: ΞΙΦΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word is a noun referring to a sword, a weapon with a long blade used for cutting or thrusting. It is often used in contexts describing battle, combat, or execution. As a genitive form, it typically indicates possession or origin, such as 'of a sword' or 'by means of a sword'.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Neuter
Strong’s number: G3162 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
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
- ΞΙΦΕΣΙ — to swords, with swords, by swords
- 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
- ΞΙΦΩΝ — of swords, swords
- ΤΩΝΞΙΦΩΝ — of the swords, of swords
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