2001 Translation

EKDĒMIAS, ekdēmias

Sounds Like: ek-dee-MEE-as

Translations: of absence, of sojourning, of being away from home

From the root: ΕΚΔΗΜΙΑ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a state of being away from one's home or country, an absence, or a sojourning. It describes the act or period of being abroad or away from one's usual dwelling place. It is used to indicate a temporary residence in a foreign land or a departure from one's own country.

Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine

Strong’s number: G1621 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 16 — 2:63

From the same root

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

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.

• ἘΚΔΗΜΙΑΝ — absence from home, a going abroad, a sojourn abroad, a journey abroad
• ΕΚΔΗΜΙΑ — absence from home, a going abroad, sojourn, dwelling abroad
• ΕΚΔΗΣΕΙΣ — departure, absence, sojourning abroad, going abroad

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