ΞΥΣΤΟΥ, ξυστου
XYSTOU, xystou
Sounds Like: XYS-too
Translations: of scraped, of polished, of smoothed, of a scraped, of a polished, of a smoothed, of a portico, of a colonnade, of a promenade
From the root: ΞΥΣΤΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This word is an adjective meaning 'scraped,' 'polished,' or 'smoothed.' It can also function as a noun, referring to a 'portico,' 'colonnade,' or 'promenade,' which are typically areas with a smoothed or polished surface. In its adjectival form, it describes something that has been worked to be smooth. As a noun, it refers to a specific type of architectural structure or public walking area.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Masculine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G3586 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 20 — 8:189
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 16:12
Justin Martyr
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Sirach — 22:17
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΞΥΣΤΟΣ.
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.
- ΞΥΣΤΟΙΣ — polished, smooth, sharpened, pointed, a javelin, a spear
- ΞΥΣΤΟΝ — polished, smooth, scraped, shaved, a javelin, a spear, a portico, a covered walk
- ΞΥΣΤΟΣ — polished, scraped, a scraped place, a colonnade, a portico
- ΞΥΣΤΟΥΣ — hewn, polished, smooth
- ΞΥΣΤΩ — hewn, dressed, polished, smooth
- ΞΥΣΤΩΝ — of hewn, of polished, of smoothed
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