ἘΛΑΦΡΙΑ, ἐλαφρια
ELAPHRIA, elaphria
Sounds Like: eh-lah-FREE-ah
Translations: lightness, a lightness, triviality, fickleness, levity
From the root: ἘΛΑΦΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the quality of being light, not heavy. It can be used literally to describe physical lightness, or figuratively to describe a lack of seriousness, triviality, or fickleness in character or behavior. It implies a lack of substance or weightiness.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G1645 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- 2 Corinthians — 1:17
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.
- ἘΛΑΦΡΑ — light, a light, easy, trifling, insignificant
- ἘΛΑΦΡΑΙ — light, easy, swift, nimble
- 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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