2001 Translation

SKYTHAI, skythai

Sounds Like: SKOO-thai

Translations: Scythians

From the root: ΣΚΥΘΗΣ

Part of Speech: Proper Noun

Explanation: This word refers to the Scythians, an ancient nomadic people of Iranian origin who inhabited the Eurasian Steppe from the 9th century BC to the 4th century AD. They were known for their equestrian skills and distinctive culture. In ancient Greek texts, they are often mentioned in historical and geographical contexts.

Inflection: Nominative, Plural, Masculine

Strong’s number: G4658 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 2:68, 4:2

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 38:269
• Book Two — 38:269

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Seven — 7:26

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΚΥΘΗΣ.

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.

• ΣΚΥΘ — Scythian, a Scythian
• ΣΚΥΘΑΙΣ — (to) Scythians
• ΣΚΥΘΑΣ — Scythians
• ΣΚΥΘΗΣ — Scythian, a Scythian
• ΣΚΥΘΙΚΟΝ — Scythian, a Scythian thing, a Scythian matter
• ΣΚΥΘΩΝ — of Scythians

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