ἈΚΡΑ, ἀκρα
AKRA, akra
Sounds Like: AH-krah
Translations: top, summit, end, extremity, tip, peak, highest, outermost
From the root: ΑΚΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun, Adjective
Explanation: This word refers to the highest or outermost point of something, such as the top of a mountain, the end of a limb, or the edge of a territory. It can be used as a noun meaning 'summit' or 'extremity', or as an adjective meaning 'highest' or 'outermost'. In the provided context, 'ἈΚΡΑ' likely refers to the 'ends' or 'extremities' of the earth.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine; or Plural, Nominative/Accusative, Neuter; or Singular, Nominative/Vocative, Feminine (from ΑΚΡΟΣ); or Singular, Nominative/Vocative, Neuter (from ΑΚΡΟΝ)
Strong’s number: G206 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
1 Enoch Greek Collection
- 1 Enoch — 1:5
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 12 — 2:93, 3:133, 3:138, 5:252, 9:362, 9:363
- Book 13 — 2:38, 2:42, 5:133, 5:182, 6:208
- Book 14 — 15:410
- Book 19 — 1:6
Josephus' The Jewish War
Justin Martyr
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Exodus — 29:20
- Leviticus — 8:24
- Deuteronomy — 3:11
- Judges — 1:6, 1:7
- 1 Samuel — 2:10
- Judith — 2:9
- 1 Maccabees — 3:45, 4:41, 9:53, 10:6
- 4 Maccabees — 4:20
- Odes — 3:10
- Proverbs — 8:26, 17:24
- Sirach — 43:19
- Isaiah — 40:28, 41:5, 52:10
- Ezekiel — 17:4
- Enoch — 1:5
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 8 — 10:1
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΚΡΟΣ.
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.
- ἈΚΡΑΙΣ — to the highest, to the outermost, to the extreme, to the tip, to the end
- ἈΚΡΑΣ — top, highest, extreme, outermost, tip, summit, edge, end, a top, an edge
- ἈΚΡΟΙΣ — (to) the highest, (to) the outermost, (to) the ends, (to) the extremities, (to) the tops
- ἈΚΡΟΥΣ — highest, extreme, outermost, a highest, an extreme, an outermost
- ἈΚΡΩ — at the top, at the end, at the edge, at the tip, at the highest point, at the outermost part, at the extremity, (to) the top, (to) the end, (to) the edge, (to) the tip, (to) the highest point, (to) the outermost part, (to) the extremity
- ἈΚΡΩΝ — (of) highest, (of) outermost, (of) extreme, (of) top, (of) end
- ΑΚΡ — highest, outermost, extreme, top, end, tip, a top, an end
- ΑΚΡΑΙΣ — highest, outermost, extreme, at the end, at the tip, a highest, an outermost
- ΑΚΡΑΝ — highest, outermost, extreme, top, a top, an end, a tip
- ΑΚΡΑΣ — highest, outermost, extreme, top, tip, end
- ΑΚΡΟΣ — highest, outermost, extreme, tip, end, a tip, an end
- ΑΚΡΟΤΑΤΟΝ — highest, utmost, extreme, a highest, an utmost, an extreme
- ΑΚΡΟΥ — of the highest, of the farthest, of the outermost, of the end, of the tip, of the top, of the summit
- ΑΚΡΟΥΣ — highest, extreme, outermost, top, a top, a summit, a peak
- ΑΚΡΩ — highest, outermost, extreme, top, a top, the top
- ΑΚΡΩΝ — highest, outermost, extreme, top, a top, an extreme
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