ΕἸΣΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΔΑ, εἰσπτολεμαιδα
EISPTOLEMAIDA, eisptolemaida
Sounds Like: EES-ptol-eh-MAH-ee-dah
Translations: into Ptolemais, to Ptolemais
From the root: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΣ
Part of Speech: Proper Noun
Explanation: This is a compound word formed from the preposition 'εἰς' (eis), meaning 'into' or 'to', and 'Πτολεμαΐς' (Ptolemais), which is the name of an ancient city. The word indicates motion towards or entry into the city of Ptolemais. Ptolemais was a significant port city on the Phoenician coast, known today as Acre in Israel.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G4425 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 4:6
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΣ.
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.
- ΕΙΣΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΔΑ — into Ptolemais
- ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΑΣ — Ptolemais, (of) Ptolemais
- ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΔΙ — Ptolemais
- ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΣ — Ptolemais
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