ἈΣΤΡΟΝΟΜΙΑ, ἀστρονομια
ASTRONOMIA, astronomia
Sounds Like: as-tro-no-MEE-ah
Translations: astronomy, a study of the stars
From the root: ἈΣΤΡΟΝΟΜΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the study of the stars and celestial bodies, particularly their movements and positions. It is a compound word derived from 'ἄστρον' (astron), meaning 'star', and 'νόμος' (nomos), meaning 'law' or 'custom', thus literally 'the law of the stars' or 'the ordering of the stars'. In ancient contexts, it encompassed what we now call astronomy and sometimes astrology.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G795 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 2:4
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΣΤΡΟΝΟΜΙΑ.
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.
- ἈΣΤΡΟΝΟΜΙΑΝ — astronomy, a study of the stars, the science of the stars
- ἈΣΤΡΟΝΟΜΙΑΣ — (of) astronomy, astronomy, an astronomy
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