ΤΕΛΕΤΑΙΣ, τελεταις
TELETAIS, teletais
Sounds Like: teh-LEH-tays
Translations: rites, mysteries, initiations, ceremonies
From the root: ΤΕΛΕΤΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to religious rites, ceremonies, or mysteries, often involving initiation into a cult or secret society. It describes the formal acts or procedures prescribed or customary in religious worship or other solemn occasions. It is typically used in a plural sense to denote a collection of such practices.
Inflection: Plural, Dative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G5058 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 2:12
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 19 — 1:30
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 35:6
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΤΕΛΕΤΗ.
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.
- ΛΕΤΑΙ — rites, ceremonies, initiations, religious observances
- ΤΕΛΕΤΑΙ — rites, ceremonies, mysteries, initiations
- ΤΕΛΕΤΑΣ — rites, ceremonies, initiations, mysteries
- ΤΕΛΕΤΗ — initiation, rite, ceremony, a rite, a ceremony
- ΤΕΛΕΤΗΝ — initiation, mystery, rite, ceremony, a mystery, a rite
- ΤΕΛΕΤΗΣ — of initiation, of a rite, of a ceremony, of a mystery, of a religious observance
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