ἈΦΟΡΗΤΟΝ, ἀφορητον
APHORĒTON, aphorēton
Sounds Like: ah-foh-RAY-ton
Translations: unbearable, intolerable, insufferable, a thing unbearable, an unbearable thing
From the root: ἈΦΟΡΗΤΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This adjective describes something that cannot be carried, endured, or tolerated. It is used to express an extreme degree of difficulty, burden, or unpleasantness, indicating that something is beyond one's capacity to bear. It can refer to physical burdens, emotional distress, or oppressive circumstances.
Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G0895 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 16:17
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 2 Maccabees — 9:10
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΦΟΡΗΤΟΣ.
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.
- ἈΦΟΡΗΤΟΣ — unbearable, intolerable, insufferable, grievous
- ἈΦΟΡΗΤΟΥ — of unbearable, of intolerable, of insufferable, of grievous
- ΔΕἈΦΟΡΗΤΟΣ — unbearable, intolerable, insufferable
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