ΒΟΡΕΙΑ, βορεια
BOREIA, boreia
Sounds Like: bor-EY-ah
Translations: northern, north, the north wind, to the north
From the root: ΒΟΡΕΑΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun, Adverb
Explanation: This word refers to the north, or something that is northern. As an adjective, it describes something located in or coming from the north. As a noun, it can refer to the north wind or the region of the north. It can also function as an adverb meaning 'to the north'.
Inflection: Feminine, Singular, Nominative or Vocative (as an adjective or noun); or Adverbial
Strong’s number: G0990 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:301
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
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
- ΒΟΡΕΑΣ — Boreas, North Wind, the North Wind
- 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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