2001 Translation

DIPHTHERAIS, diphtherais

Sounds Like: diph-THEH-raiss

Translations: skins, leather, parchment, scrolls

From the root: ΔΙΦΘΕΡΑ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to animal skins, especially those prepared for writing, such as parchment or leather scrolls. It is used to describe the material on which texts, like laws or scriptures, were written in ancient times. It is a compound word, combining 'διφ-' (di-, meaning 'two' or 'double') and '-θερα' (thera, related to 'beast' or 'hide'), referring to the two sides of a skin or hide.

Inflection: Plural, Dative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G1371 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Aristeas

• Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:3, 1:176

From the same root

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

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.

• ΔΙΦΘΕΡΑ — leather, a leather, skin, a skin, parchment, a parchment
• ΔΙΦΘΕΡΑΣ — skin, hide, leather, parchment, a skin, a hide
• ΔΙΦΘΕΡΩΝ — of leather, of skins, of parchment, of scrolls

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