Redirected from ϲπηλαια, replacing lunate sigma Ϲϲ with normal sigma Σσ/ς.
ΣΠΗΛΑΙΑ, σπηλαια
SPĒLAIA, spēlaia
Sounds Like: spee-LAI-ah
Translations: caves, a cave
From the root: ΣΠΗΛΑΙΟΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a cave or a grotto, a natural underground chamber. It is typically used to describe a dwelling place, a hiding place, or a place of refuge. In the provided examples, it refers to physical caves where people might hide or gather.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative, Accusative, or Vocative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G4693 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Judges — 6:2
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Revelation — 6:15
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΠΗΛΑΙΟΝ.
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.
- ΠΗΛΑΙΟ — cave, a cave, den, a den
- ΠΗΛΑΙ‾Ο‾ — cave, a cave, den, a den
- ΣΠΗΛΑΙΟΙΣ — caves, in caves, to caves
- ΣΠΗΛΑΙΟΝ — cave, a cave, den, a den
- ΣΠΗΛΑΙΟΥ — of a cave, of the cave, a cave, the cave
- ΣΠΗΛΑΙΩ — (to) a cave, (to) the cave
- ΣΠΗΛΑΙΩΝ — of caves, of dens
- ΣΠΗΛΑΙ‾Ο‾ — cave, a cave, den, a den
- ΣΠΗΛΕΑ — caves, dens
- ΣΠΗΛΕΟ — cave, a cave, den, a den
- ΣΠΗΛΕΟΙΣ — to caves, in caves
- ΣΠΗΛΕΟΝ — cave, a cave, den, a den
- ΣΠΗΛΕΩ — cave, a cave, den, a den
- ΤΑΣΠΗΛΑΙΑ — caves, the caves
- ΤΟΙΣΣΠΗΛΑΙΟΙΣ — to caves, in caves, for caves
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