ἘΦΗΒΟΙ, ἐφηβοι
EPHĒBOI, ephēboi
Sounds Like: ef-EE-boy
Translations: young men, ephebes
From the root: ΕΦΗΒΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to young men, typically those who have reached the age of puberty and are undergoing training, especially military training, in ancient Greece. An ephebe was a youth who had completed his childhood and was entering adulthood, often around 18 to 20 years of age, participating in a two-year period of civic and military education.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Vocative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G2117 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 10:72
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