ἘΠΙΚΟΥΡΕΙΟΣ, ἐπικουρειος
EPIKOUREIOS, epikoureios
Sounds Like: ep-ee-koo-REH-yos
Translations: Epicurean, of Epicurus
From the root: ΕΠΙΚΟΥΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something or someone related to Epicurus, the ancient Greek philosopher, or his philosophical school. The Epicurean philosophy emphasized the pursuit of pleasure as the highest good, understood not as sensual indulgence but as tranquility and freedom from fear and pain. It is often used to refer to a follower of Epicurus's teachings.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G1946 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 19 — 1:32
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΙΚΟΥΡΟΣ.
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.
- ἘΠΙΚΟΥΡΙΚΟΝ — auxiliary, a helper, helpful, a helping force
- ἘΠΙΚΟΥΡΟΙ — auxiliaries, helpers, allies, assistants
- ἘΠΙΚΟΥΡΟΝ — helper, an helper, assistant, an assistant, ally, an ally
- ἘΠΙΚΟΥΡΟΥΣ — helpers, allies, assistants
- ΕΠΙΚΟΥΡΟΣ — helper, an ally, an assistant, a supporter
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