ἈΦΟΡΜΑΙΣ, ἀφορμαις
APHORMAIS, aphormais
Sounds Like: ah-for-MAIS
Translations: to a starting point, to an occasion, to an opportunity, to a pretext, to a cause, to a resource
From the root: ἈΦΟΡΜΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a starting point, an occasion, an opportunity, or a resource. It can also mean a pretext or a cause for something. It is often used in the context of providing the means or basis for an action or event. In this form, it is a plural noun in the dative case, indicating the indirect object or the means by which something is done.
Inflection: Plural, Dative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G874 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΦΟΡΜΗ.
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.
- ἈΦΟΡΜΑΙ — occasions, opportunities, pretexts, starting points, advantages
- ἈΦΟΡΜΑΣ — occasions, opportunities, pretexts, starting points, bases, advantages
- ἈΦΟΡΜΗ — occasion, opportunity, a starting point, a base of operations, a pretext, an excuse, a cause, a reason
- ἈΦΟΡΜΗΝ — occasion, an occasion, opportunity, an opportunity, pretext, a pretext, starting point, a starting point
- ἈΦΟΡΜΗΣ — of occasion, of opportunity, of a starting point, of a pretext, of an occasion, of an opportunity, of a starting point, of a pretext
- ἈΦΟΡΜΩΝ — (of) occasion, (of) opportunity, (of) starting point, (of) cause, (of) pretext
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