ἱστίον
sail
Where this word appears
Every passage where ἱστίον appears in the Greek Septuagint — 14 occurrences in all. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text is shown in the LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Exodus 27:9 ἱστίον And you shall make a court for the tabernacle, curtains of the court of fine linen spun on the south side, the length of one hundred cubits for one side.
- Exodus 27:11 ἱστίον Thus shall there be to the side toward the north curtains of one hundred cubits in length; and their pillars twenty, and their sockets twenty of brass, and the rings and the clasps of the pillars, and their sockets overlaid with silver.
- Exodus 27:12 ἱστίον And in the breadth of the tabernacle toward the west curtains of fifty cubits, their pillars ten and their sockets ten.
- Exodus 27:13 ἱστίον And in the breadth of the tabernacle toward the south, curtains of fifty cubits; their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.
- Exodus 27:14 ἱστίον And the height of the curtains shall be of fifty cubits for the one side of the gate; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
- Exodus 27:15 ἱστίον And for the second side the height of the curtains shall be of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
- Exodus 35:12 ἱστίον and the curtains of the court, and its posts,
- Exodus 37:7 ἱστίον And they made the court toward the south; the curtains of the court of fine linen twined, one hundred cubits every way,
- Exodus 37:12 ἱστίον and their pillars three, and their sockets three.
- Exodus 37:16 ἱστίον and the veil of the gate of the court, the work of an embroiderer of blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined; the length of twenty cubits, and the height and the breadth of five cubits, made equal to the curtains of the court;
- Exodus 39:19 ἱστίον and the garments of the sanctuary which belong to Aaron, and the garments of his sons, for the priestly ministry;
- Numbers 3:26 ἱστίον and the curtains of the court, and the veil of the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and the remainder of all its works.
- Numbers 4:26 ἱστίον And all the curtains of the court which were upon the tabernacle of witness, and the appendages, and all the vessels of service that they minister with they shall attend to.
- Isaiah 33:23 ἱστίον Your cords are broken, for they had no strength: your meat has given way, it shall not spread the sails, it shall not bear a signal, until it be given up for plunder; therefore shall many lame men take spoil.
About this word
About this word
ἱστίον (histíon), “sail,” is a word from the Greek Septuagint — the ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament. It does not occur in the Greek New Testament, so it carries no Strong’s number from Thayer’s (New-Testament) lexicon; the gloss shown here is a curated modern-English sense rather than a Strong’s definition. It appears 14 times across the Septuagint — open the Appearances tab to read it in context.
The gloss above is Lemma’s own curated sense — this word carries no Strong’s number, so no lexicon we ship has an entry for it. The transliteration and this passage list are computed here from the tagged Septuagint text. What Lemma adds →