noun · feminine

mēlōtas

Greekμηλωτή (mēlōtē)

Strong’sG3374

a sheepskin

stem mēlōt-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

sheepskins1×

What it means

μηλωτή, -ῆς, ἡ

(< μῆλον, a sheep or goat), [in LXX for אַדֶּרֶת, III Ki 19:13, 19, IV Ki 2:8, 13, 14*;]

a sheepskin: He 11:37.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G3374 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidmay-lo-tay'

a sheep-skin

Fromfrom μῆλον (a sheep);

King Jamessheepskin.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	mēlōtas	mēlōtais
object accusative	mēlōtan	mēlōtain
direct address vocative	mēlōtar	mēlōtair
of, belonging to genitive	mēlōtau	mēlōtaiu
to, for dative	mēlōta	mēlōtai1×μηλωταῖς

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

mēlōtstem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

mēlōta is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

mēlōtai“sheepskins”to, fordative plural1×

Hebrews 11:37“sheepskins”lithazila, prizila, en fono machairau apothnēskala, perierchala en mēlōtai, en aigeiei dermei, husterirōtois, thlibirōtois, kakouchirōtois,They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were put to death by the sword. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, oppressed, and mistreated.