ΑΡΚΤΟΣ, αρκτος
ARKTOS, arktos
Sounds Like: ARK-tos
Translations: bear, a bear
From the root: ΑΡΚΤΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the animal, a bear. In ancient contexts, it could refer to the wild animal itself or, more commonly, to the constellation Ursa Major (the Great Bear) or Ursa Minor (the Little Bear), which were important for navigation and timekeeping. It is typically used in the singular to denote a single bear.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G0737 (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, ΑΡΚΤΟΣ.
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.
- ἈΡΚΟΙΣ — to bears, with bears, among bears, bears
- ἈΡΚΟΝ — bear, a bear
- ἈΡΚΟΥ — of a bear, of the bear
- ἈΡΚΤΟΝ — bear, a bear, the North, (to) the North
- ἈΡΚΤΟΣ — bear, a bear
- ἈΡΚΤΟΥ — of a bear, of the Great Bear, of the North, of the north wind
- ἈΡΚΤΩ — bear, a bear
- ἈΡΚΤΩΝ — of bears
- ΑΡΚΤΩ — to a bear, for a bear
- ΑΡΚΤΩΝ — (of) bears, (of) the Great Bear, (of) the Little Bear, (of) the North
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