ΑΠΟΙΚΙΑ, αποικια
APOIKIA, apoikia
Sounds Like: ah-poy-KEE-ah
Translations: colony, a colony, exile, captivity, a place of exile
From the root: ΑΠΟΙΚΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a settlement of people away from their native land, a colony. In a broader sense, it can also denote the act of being exiled or the state of captivity, particularly referring to the Jewish people's exile in Babylon. It is a compound word formed from 'ἀπό' (apo), meaning 'from' or 'away from', and 'οἶκος' (oikos), meaning 'house' or 'dwelling', thus literally meaning 'away from home' or 'a settlement away from home'.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G0589 (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, ΑΠΟΙΚΙΑ.
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.
- ἈΠΟΙΚΙΑΝ — colony, a colony, settlement, a settlement, deportation, an exile, a place of exile
- ἈΠΟΙΚΙΑΣ — of a colony, of a settlement, of an exile, of a deportation, of a return from exile
- ἈΠΟΙΚΙΩΝ — of colonies, of settlements, of migrations
- ΑΠΟΙΚΕΙΑΣ — of a colony, of a settlement, of a dwelling away from home
- ΑΠΟΙΚΙΑΝ — exile, a place of exile, a colony, a settlement
- ΑΠΟΙΚΙΑΣ — of a colony, of a settlement, of a dwelling place
- ΑΠΟΙΚΙΩΝ — of colonies, of settlements
- ΠΟΙΚΙΑ — exile, a place of exile, colony, a colony, captivity, a captivity
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