ἈΡΚΤΟΝ, ἀρκτον
ARKTON, arkton
Sounds Like: ARK-ton
Translations: bear, a bear, the North, (to) the North
From the root: ΑΡΚΤΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a bear, the animal. It can also refer to the constellation Ursa Major (the Great Bear) or, by extension, the direction of the North, as the constellation is visible in the northern sky. In the provided context, it is used to indicate the direction 'North'.
Inflection: Accusative, Singular, Feminine
Strong’s number: G705 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 10:5
- Book Three — 3:13, 5:38
- Book Five — 4:41, 5:55, 5:64
- Book Six — 2:58
- Book Seven — 6:18, 8:38
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΡΚΤΟΣ.
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.
- ἈΡΚΟΙΣ — to bears, with bears, among bears, bears
- ἈΡΚΟΝ — bear, a bear
- ἈΡΚΟΥ — of a bear, of the bear
- ἈΡΚΤΟΣ — bear, a bear
- ἈΡΚΤΟΥ — of a bear, of the Great Bear, of the North, of the north wind
- ἈΡΚΤΩ — bear, a bear
- ἈΡΚΤΩΝ — of bears
- ΑΡΚΤΟΣ — bear, a bear
- ΑΡΚΤΩ — to a bear, for a bear
- ΑΡΚΤΩΝ — (of) bears, (of) the Great Bear, (of) the Little Bear, (of) the North
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