ΕἸΣΒΟΛΗ, εἰσβολη
EISBOLĒ, eisbolē
Sounds Like: eis-bo-LEH
Translations: invasion, an invasion, attack, an attack, entrance, an entrance, mouth (of a river), a mouth (of a river)
From the root: ΕἸΣΒΟΛΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word is a compound noun formed from the preposition εἰς (eis), meaning 'into' or 'to', and the verb βάλλω (ballō), meaning 'to throw' or 'to cast'. It refers to the act of throwing oneself into or upon something, thus signifying an invasion, an attack, or an entrance. It can also refer to the mouth of a river or a place where one enters.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G1529 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 2 — 15:325
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕἸΣΒΟΛΗ.
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.
- ΕἸΣΒΟΛΗΝ — invasion, an invasion, entrance, an entrance, attack, an attack, incursion, an incursion
- ΤΗΝΕἸΣΒΟΛΗΝ — the invasion, an invasion, the incursion, an incursion, the attack, an attack, the entrance, an entrance, the mouth (of a river), a mouth (of a river)
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