ΣΦΕΝΔΟΝΑΙΣ, σφενδοναις
SPHENDONAIS, sphendonais
Sounds Like: sfen-DOH-nais
Translations: slings, a sling, slingshot, a slingshot
From the root: ΣΦΕΝΔΟΝΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a sling, a weapon used to hurl stones or other projectiles. It can also refer to the projectile itself, such as a sling-stone. In a broader sense, it can denote a band or a girdle, especially one used for support or binding.
Inflection: Plural, Dative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G5457 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 4:76
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΦΕΝΔΟΝΗ.
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.
- ἘΚΣΦΕΝΔΟΝΗΣΗ — a slinging out, a casting out, an expulsion
- ΣΦΕΔΟΝΗΣ — (of) a sling, (of) a slinger
- ΣΦΕΝΔΟΝ — sling, a sling
- ΣΦΕΝΔΟΝΑΝ — sling, a sling
- ΣΦΕΝΔΟΝΑΣ — sling, a sling
- ΣΦΕΝΔΟΝΗ — sling, a sling
- ΣΦΕΝΔΟΝΗΝ — sling, a sling
- ΣΦΕΝΔΟΝΗΣ — of a sling, of a sling-stone, of a stone
- ΣΦΕΝΔΟΝΩΝ — of a sling, of a slinger, a sling, a slinger
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