ΕἸΣΦΟΡΑ, εἰσφορα
EISPHORA, eisphora
Sounds Like: ice-fo-RAH
Translations: contribution, a contribution, payment, a payment, offering, an offering
From the root: ΕΙΣΦΟΡΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a contribution or payment, often in the context of money or goods given for a specific purpose, such as a religious offering or a tax. It is a compound word formed from 'εἰς' (eis), meaning 'into' or 'to', and 'φορά' (phora), meaning 'a carrying' or 'a bringing'. It describes the act of bringing something in, especially as a payment or offering.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G1523 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Exodus — 30:13
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΙΣΦΟΡΑ.
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.
- ΕἸΣΦΟΡΑΝ — contribution, a contribution, payment, a payment, tribute, a tribute
- ΕΙΣΦΟΡΑ — contribution, a contribution, payment, an impost, an import
- ΤΑΣΕΙΣΦΟΡΑΣ — the contributions, the payments, the taxes, the imposts
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