ἘΓΧΩΡΙΟΣ, ἐγχωριος
EGCHŌRIOS, egchōrios
Sounds Like: eng-KHO-ree-os
Translations: native, local, a native, a local
From the root: ἘΓΧΩΡΙΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something or someone that is native to a particular place or country, or belonging to the land itself. It is used to refer to people who are indigenous or things that are characteristic of a specific locality. It can be used to describe a person (e.g., 'a native person') or an attribute (e.g., 'native customs').
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G1775 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 35:314
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΓΧΩΡΙΟΣ.
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.
- ἘΝΧΩΡΙΩΝ — of the country, native, indigenous, local, of the inhabitants, of the people of the land
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