ΕἸΣΦΟΡΑΣ, εἰσφορας
EISPHORAS, eisphoras
Sounds Like: ice-fo-RAS
Translations: of contribution, of tax, of tribute, of offering, a contribution, a tax, a tribute, an offering
From the root: ΕἸΣΦΟΡΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a contribution, tax, or tribute, often in the sense of money or goods brought in or paid. It is a compound word formed from the preposition εἰς (eis), meaning 'into' or 'to', and the noun φορά (phora), meaning 'a bringing' or 'a bearing'. It is used to describe payments or offerings made, often as a duty or obligation.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine
Strong’s number: G1520 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 17 — 8:204
Josephus' The Jewish War
Justin Martyr
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Exodus — 30:16
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕἸΣΦΟΡΑ.
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.
- ΕἸΣΦΟΡΑΙΣ — contributions, payments, taxes, levies, imposts
- ΕἸΣΦΟΡΩΝ — of contributions, of taxes, of payments
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