ΣΤΕΦΑΝΟΥΣ, στεφανους
STEPHANOUS, stephanous
Sounds Like: steh-FAH-noos
Translations: crowns, a crown, to crown, crowning
From the root: ΣΤΕΦΑΝΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun, Verb
Explanation: This word can be an inflected form of the noun 'στέφανος' (stephanos), meaning 'crown' or 'wreath', typically in the accusative plural case. It can also be an inflected form of the verb 'στεφανόω' (stephanoō), meaning 'to crown' or 'to encircle with a crown', often appearing as a participle. As a noun, it refers to the circular adornments worn on the head, often as a symbol of victory, honor, or royalty. As a verb, it describes the action of placing such an adornment on someone's head, or metaphorically, bestowing honor or victory.
Inflection: Noun: Plural, Accusative, Masculine; Verb: Present Active Participle, Nominative, Feminine, Singular
Strong’s numbers: G4735 (Lookup on BibleHub), G4737 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
Justin Martyr
- First Apology of Justin Martyr — 24:1
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
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, ΣΤΕΦΑΝΟΣ.
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.
- ΣΤΕΦ — crown, a crown, wreath, a wreath, garland, a garland
- ΣΤΕΦΑΝ — crown, a crown, wreath, a wreath, garland, a garland
- ΣΤΕΦΑΝΑ — Stephanas
- ΣΤΕΦΑΝΗΣ — of a crown, of a wreath, of a garland
- ΣΤΕΦΑΝΙΤΙΚΟΥ — of a crown, of a garland, of a wreath, of a victor's crown, pertaining to a crown
- ΣΤΕΦΑΝΟ — crown, a crown, wreath, a wreath, garland, a garland
- ΣΤΕΦΑΝΟΙ — crowns, garlands, wreaths
- ΣΤΕΦΑΝΟΙΣ — (to) crowns, (with) crowns, (by) crowns, (to) wreaths, (with) wreaths, (by) wreaths, (to) garlands, (with) garlands, (by) garlands
- ΣΤΕΦΑΝΟΝ — crown, a crown, wreath, a wreath, garland, a garland
- ΣΤΕΦΑΝΟΣ — crown, a crown, wreath, a wreath, garland, a garland
- ΣΤΕΦΑΝΟΥ — of a crown, of a wreath, of a garland, of a victor's crown, of a reward
- ΣΤΕΦΑΝΩΝ — of crowns, of wreaths
- ΣΤΕΦΕΩΝ — of crowns, crowns
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