ΑΠΟΠΟΜΠΑΙΟΣ, αποπομπαιος
APOPOMPAIOS, apopompaios
Sounds Like: ah-po-POM-pye-os
Translations: scapegoat, sent away, sent forth, sent off
From the root: ΑΠΟΠΟΜΠΑΙΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something or someone that is 'sent away' or 'sent forth', often implying a removal or dismissal. It is famously used in the Septuagint (the Greek Old Testament) to refer to the 'scapegoat' (the goat sent into the wilderness on the Day of Atonement), which symbolically carries away the sins of the people. Therefore, it can also carry the meaning of bearing or carrying away guilt or evil.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G0001 (Lookup on BibleHub)
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΠΟΠΟΜΠΑΙΟΣ.
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.
- ἈΠΟΠΟΜΠΑΙΟΥ — of the scapegoat, of the one sent away, of the one sent forth
- ΑΠΟΠΟΜΠΑΙΟΝ — sent away, sent off, to be sent away, to be sent off, scapegoat, a scapegoat
- ΑΠΟΠΟΜΠΑΙΟΥ — of a scapegoat, of the scapegoat
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