ΣΤΙΛΒΗΣ, στιλβης
STILBĒS, stilbēs
Sounds Like: STIL-bees
Translations: brightness, splendor, a brightness, a splendor
From the root: ΣΤΙΛΒΩ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a shining or glistening quality, often associated with light or a radiant appearance. It describes something that is bright, splendid, or gleaming. It is a noun and would be used to describe the quality of something, such as 'the brightness of his face' or 'the splendor of the garment'.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G4744 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Ezekiel — 21:28
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΤΙΛΒΩ.
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.
- ἘΣΤΙΛΒΕΝ — it shone, it gleamed, it glittered
- ΕΣΤΙΛΒΕΝ — it was shining, it shone, it was gleaming, it gleamed
- ΣΤΙΛΒ — to shine, to glitter, to gleam, to be resplendent
- ΣΤΙΛΒΕΙ — shines, gleams, glitters, is bright
- ΣΤΙΛΒΕΙΝ — to shine, to gleam, to glitter, to be bright
- ΣΤΙΛΒΟΝΤΑ — shining, glistening, dazzling, gleaming
- ΣΤΙΛΒΟΝΤΟΣ — shining, glistening, gleaming, polished, bright
- ΣΤΙΛΒΟΥΣΗΣ — of shining, of gleaming, of glittering
- ΣΤΙΛΒΩ — to shine, to glisten, to flash, to make bright
- ΣΤΙΛΒΩΣΕΙ — he will shine, he will flash, he will make bright, he will polish
- ΣΤΙΛΨΩΣΙΝ — they will shine, they will make bright, they will polish
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