ΒΟΡΕΑΣ, βορεας
BOREAS, boreas
Sounds Like: bor-EH-as
Translations: Boreas, North Wind, the North Wind
From the root: ΒΟΡΕΑΣ
Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Noun
Explanation: Βορέας (Boreas) refers to the North Wind, often personified as a god in ancient Greek mythology. It is typically used to describe the cold, strong wind blowing from the north. In general usage, it functions as a proper noun for the deity or a common noun for the wind itself.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G0991 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 9:13
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΒΟΡΕΑΣ.
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.
- ΒΟΡΕΑΝ — north, the north, north wind, a north wind, to the north, towards the north
- ΒΟΡΕΙΑ — northern, north, the north wind, to the north
- ΒΟΡΕΟΥ — (of) Boreas, (of) the North Wind
- ΒΟΡΕΟΥΔΕ — from the north, northward
- ΠΡΟΣΒΟΡΕΑΝ — towards the north, on the north side, northward
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