Σιλᾶς
Ancient Greek
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- Σίλας (Sílas)
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Aramaic שְׁאִילָא (šəʾīlā) (intermediately Σεειλᾶς, Σειλᾶς). Compare Hebrew שָׁאוּל (shaúl), English Saul.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /siˈlas/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /siˈlas/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /siˈlas/
Proper noun
[edit]Σιλᾶς • (Silâs) m (genitive Σιλᾶ); first declension
- a male given name from Aramaic, typically translated as Silas
Usage notes
[edit]- Aramaic nouns ending in aleph were commonly borrowed into Ancient Greek as first declension masculine nouns, thus the ending -ᾶς.
- Biblically attested both as Σίλας and Σιλᾶς.
Inflection
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- G4609 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Moulton, W. F.; Marshall, I. Howard (June 2002). A Concordance to the Greek Testament (Greek). T. & T. Clark Publishers, 6th Ed. pp. 974.
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- Ancient Greek lemmas
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- Ancient Greek masculine proper nouns
- Ancient Greek first-declension proper nouns
- Ancient Greek masculine proper nouns in the first declension
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns
- Ancient Greek given names
- Ancient Greek male given names
- Ancient Greek male given names from Aramaic