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Name of God’s Son

ἘΛΟΧΑ, ἐλοχα

ELOCHA, elocha

Sounds Like: eh-LOKH-ah

Translations: gave birth, bore, brought forth

From the root: ΛΟΧΕΥΩ

Part of Speech: Verb

Explanation: This word is a verb meaning 'to give birth' or 'to bring forth'. It describes the act of a female delivering offspring. It can also mean 'to lie in wait' or 'to ambush' in some contexts, though 'to give birth' is the primary meaning for this form. It is used to describe the action of someone having a child.

Inflection: Aorist, Indicative, Active, Third Person Singular, Feminine

Strong’s number: G3039 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Clement of Alexandria
  • Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 2:93
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War

From the same root

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

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.

  • ΛΟΧΕΥΟΜΕΝΩΝ — of those giving birth, of those in labor, of those being delivered, of those being brought to bed
  • ΛΟΧΕΥΟΝΤΑΙ — give birth, be in labor, bring forth, be delivered
  • ΛΟΧΕΥΩ — to be in childbed, to give birth, to bring forth, to bear, to be delivered of, to be brought to bed
  • ΛΟΧΕΥΩΝ — giving birth, bringing forth, delivering, being in labor, acting as a midwife
  • ΛΟΧΩΝΤΕΣ — being in childbed, giving birth, delivering, in labor

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