ΣΤΑΥΡΩΝ, σταυρων
STAURŌN, staurōn
Sounds Like: stow-RON
Translations: of crosses, of stakes, of poles
From the root: ΣΤΑΥΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a cross, a stake, or a pole. In ancient contexts, it often referred to an upright stake or pole used for various purposes, including impalement or crucifixion. It is used here in the genitive plural, indicating possession or relationship, such as 'belonging to crosses' or 'of the crosses'.
Inflection: Plural, Genitive, Masculine
Strong’s number: G4716 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 11:25
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΤΑΥΡΟΣ.
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.
- ΣΚΑΥΡΟΝ — stake, a stake, pole, a pole, cross, a cross, palisade, a palisade, fortification, a fortification
- ΣΤΑΥΡΟ — cross, a cross, stake, a stake
- ΣΤΑΥΡΟΙ — crosses, stakes, poles
- ΣΤΑΥΡΟΙΣ — crosses, (to) crosses, (with) crosses, (by) crosses
- ΣΤΑΥΡΟΝ — cross, a cross, stake, a stake
- ΣΤΑΥΡΟΣ — cross, a cross, stake, a stake
- ΣΤΑΥΡΟΥ — (of) a cross, (of) the cross, (of) a stake, (of) the stake
- ΣΤΑΥΡΟΥΣ — crosses, a cross, of crosses, to crosses
- ΣΤΑΥΤΑ — cross, a cross, stake, a stake
- ΣΤΑΥΤΗΝ — cross, a cross, stake, a stake, crucifixion, a crucifixion
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