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.