ἘΛΑΦΡΑ, ἐλαφρα
ELAPHRA, elaphra
Sounds Like: eh-LAH-phra
Translations: light, a light, easy, trifling, insignificant
From the root: ἘΛΑΦΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is an adjective meaning 'light' in weight, or 'easy' in terms of burden or difficulty. It can also describe something as 'trifling' or 'insignificant'. It is used to describe nouns, indicating their quality of being light or easy.
Inflection: Feminine, Singular, Nominative or Vocative; or Neuter, Plural, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G1645 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments
- Mandate 5 — 2:4
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΛΑΦΡΟΣ.
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.
- ἘΛΑΦΡΑΙ — light, easy, swift, nimble
- ἘΛΑΦΡΙΑ — lightness, a lightness, triviality, fickleness, levity
- ἘΛΑΦΡΟΙ — light, easy, trifling, insignificant, light ones, easy ones
- ἘΛΑΦΡΟΝ — light, easy, trifling, insignificant
- ἘΛΑΦΡΟΤΕΡΑ — lighter, more easily borne, less burdensome, a lighter (thing)
- ἘΛΑΦΡΩΤΕΡΟΣ — lighter, easier, less burdensome, more light, more easy
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