ΕΥ̓ΕΙΔΕΣΤΕΡΟΙ, εὐειδεστεροι
EUEIDESTEROI, eueidesteroi
Sounds Like: yoo-ee-DES-teh-roy
Translations: more beautiful, more comely, fairer, more goodly
From the root: ΕΥ̓ΕΙΔΗΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is a comparative adjective, meaning 'more beautiful' or 'fairer'. It is a compound word formed from 'εὖ' (eu), meaning 'well' or 'good', and 'εἶδος' (eidos), meaning 'form' or 'appearance'. It describes something that possesses a higher degree of beauty or pleasing appearance compared to something else. It is used to compare two or more things, indicating which one is more aesthetically pleasing.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G2148 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 9 — 28:3
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΥ̓ΕΙΔΗΣ.
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.
- ΕΥ̓ΕΙ — well-formed, beautiful, comely, good-looking
- ΕΥ̓ΕΙΔΕΙΣ — well-formed, handsome, beautiful, good-looking
- ΕΥ̓ΕΙΔΕΣΤΑΤΑΙ — most beautiful, most comely, very beautiful, very comely
- ΕΥ̓ΕΙΔΕΣΤΑΤΟΥ — of the most beautiful, of the most handsome, of the fairest, of the comeliest
- ΕΥ̓ΕΙΔΗ — beautiful, well-formed, comely, good-looking
- ΕΥ̓ΕΙΔΗΣ — beautiful, handsome, good-looking, fair, comely
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