2001 Translation

BORBOROS, borboros

Sounds Like: BOR-bor-os

Translations: mire, mud, filth, a mire, a mud, a filth

From the root: ΒΟΡΒΟΡΟΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to mire, mud, or filth, often implying something dirty, squalid, or morally impure. It is used to describe a physical substance, like the muck found in a pit or swamp, but can also be used metaphorically to describe a state of moral degradation or impurity. For example, one might be said to be stuck in the 'mire' of sin.

Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine

Strong’s number: G966 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Codex Sinaiticus

• Jeremiah — 45:6

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Jeremiah — 45:6

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΒΟΡΒΟΡΟΣ.

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.

• ΒΟΡΒΟΡΟΝ — mud, mire, filth, a mud, a mire, a filth
• ΒΟΡΒΟΡΟΥ — of mud, of mire, of filth, of dirt
• ΒΟΡΒΟΡΟΥΣ — mud, mire, filth, a mud, the mud
• ΒΟΡΒΟΡΩ — (to) mire, (to) mud, (to) filth, (to) dirt

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