ΣΠΗΛΑΙΟΝ, σπηλαιον
SPĒLAION, spēlaion
Sounds Like: spee-LAI-on
Translations: cave, a cave, den, a den
From the root: ΣΠΗΛΑΙΟΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a natural hollow or a large chamber in the side of a hill or cliff, or underground. It is typically used to describe a place of shelter or hiding, or a dwelling for animals. For example, one might enter into a cave or stand under a cave.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Accusative, or Vocative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G4693 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
Justin Martyr
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 37:188
Pseudo Clement of Rome
- Clement’s Second Letter — 14:1
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 23:9, 23:11, 23:17, 23:20, 25:9, 25:10, 49:30, 50:13
- Joshua — 10:16, 10:22, 10:27
- 1 Samuel — 22:1, 24:4
- 2 Samuel — 23:13
- 1 Kings — 19:9, 19:13
- 1 Chronicles — 11:15
- Psalms — 56:1
- Jeremiah — 7:11, 12:9, 27:26
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΠΗΛΑΙΟΝ.
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.
- ΠΗΛΑΙΟ — cave, a cave, den, a den
- ΠΗΛΑΙ‾Ο‾ — cave, a cave, den, a den
- ΣΠΗΛΑΙΑ — caves, a cave
- ΣΠΗΛΑΙΟΙΣ — caves, in caves, to caves
- ΣΠΗΛΑΙΟΥ — of a cave, of the cave, a cave, the cave
- ΣΠΗΛΑΙΩ — (to) a cave, (to) the cave
- ΣΠΗΛΑΙΩΝ — of caves, of dens
- ΣΠΗΛΑΙ‾Ο‾ — cave, a cave, den, a den
- ΣΠΗΛΕΑ — caves, dens
- ΣΠΗΛΕΟ — cave, a cave, den, a den
- ΣΠΗΛΕΟΙΣ — to caves, in caves
- ΣΠΗΛΕΟΝ — cave, a cave, den, a den
- ΣΠΗΛΕΩ — cave, a cave, den, a den
- ΤΑΣΠΗΛΑΙΑ — caves, the caves
- ΤΟΙΣΣΠΗΛΑΙΟΙΣ — to caves, in caves, for caves
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