ἘΔΑΦΟΥΣ, ἐδαφους
EDAPHOUS, edaphous
Sounds Like: EH-da-foos
Translations: of ground, of floor, of foundation, of base, of soil
From the root: ἘΔΑΦΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the ground, floor, or foundation upon which something rests or is built. It can also refer to the soil or earth. In the provided examples, it is used to indicate the base or bottom part of a structure or the ground itself.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Neuter
Strong’s number: G1759 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Numbers — 5:17
- 1 Kings — 6:16, 6:17
- 3 Maccabees — 2:22
- Job — 9:8
- Sirach — 11:5, 20:18, 36:10
- Isaiah — 25:12, 26:5
- Ezekiel — 41:16, 41:20
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΔΑΦΟΣ.
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.
- ἘΔΑΦΕΙ — (to) the ground, (on) the ground, (to) the earth, (on) the earth, (to) the floor, (on) the floor, a ground, an earth, a floor
- ἘΔΑΦΟΣ — ground, a ground, floor, a floor, base, a base, foundation, a foundation, soil, a soil
- ἘΔΑΦΩΝ — of foundations, of grounds, of floors, of pavements, of bases
- ΤΟΥ̓ΔΑΦΟΣ — of the ground, of the floor, of the base, of the foundation
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