ἘΦΗΜΕΡΙΣΙΝ, ἐφημερισιν
EPHĒMERISIN, ephēmerisin
Sounds Like: ef-ay-MEH-ree-sin
Translations: (to) daily courses, (to) daily services, (to) daily attendances, (to) a daily course, (to) a daily service, (to) a daily attendance
From the root: ἘΦΗΜΕΡΙΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a daily course or service, particularly in the context of priestly duties in the temple, where priests would serve in rotating daily or weekly courses. It can also refer to a daily attendance or a day's duty. In later Greek, it came to mean a newspaper or journal, but in Koine Greek, its primary meaning relates to daily service or rotation.
Inflection: Plural, Dative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G2183 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 7 — 14:367
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΦΗΜΕΡΙΣ.
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- ἘΦΗΜΕΡΙΔΟΣ — of a daily course, of a daily ministration, of a daily service, of a newspaper
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