ΑΒΑΤΟΣ, αβατος
ABATOS, abatos
Sounds Like: AH-bah-tos
Translations: inaccessible, unapproachable, impassable, sacred, holy
From the root: ΑΒΑΤΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something that cannot be trodden upon or entered, often implying a sacred or forbidden space. It is a compound word formed from the negative prefix 'α-' (alpha privative, meaning 'not') and the root of 'βαίνω' (baino), meaning 'to go' or 'to step'. Thus, it literally means 'not to be trodden upon' or 'not to be gone into'.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine or Feminine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G0008 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΒΑΤΟΣ.
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.
- ΑΒΑΤΟΙΣ — inaccessible, unapproachable, untrodden, sacred, holy
- ΑΒΑΤΟΝ — inaccessible, unapproachable, sacred, a sacred place, a sanctuary
- ΑΒΑΤΟΥΣ — impassable, inaccessible, unapproachable, not to be trodden
- ΑΒΑΤΩ — impassable, inaccessible, unapproachable, forbidden, sacred
- ΑΒΑΤΩΘΗ — it was made impassable, it was made inaccessible, it became impassable, it became inaccessible
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