2001 Translation

EMBOLAIS, embolais

Sounds Like: em-bo-LAIS

Translations: (to) attacks, (to) assaults, (to) charges, (to) incursions, (to) onset

From the root: ἘΜΒΟΛΗ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a sudden onset, an attack, an assault, or a charge, often in a military context. It describes the act of rushing into or upon something or someone. It is used here in the dative plural, indicating the recipient or object of the action, such as 'to the attacks' or 'against the assaults'.

Inflection: Dative, Plural, Feminine

Strong’s number: G1716 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Three — 2:8, 7:93, 10:27
• Book Five — 2:33

From the same root

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

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.

• ἘΜΒΟΛΑΣ — attacks, insertions, rams, beaks, prows
• ἘΜΒΟΛΗΝ — invasion, an invasion, attack, an attack, assault, an assault, insertion, an insertion, entrance, an entrance
• ἘΜΒΟΛΗΣ — (of) an insertion, (of) an attack, (of) an invasion, (of) a landing, (of) a putting in

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