ΗΦΑΙΣΤΟΣ, ηφαιστος
ĒPHAISTOS, ēphaistos
Sounds Like: hay-PHAIS-tos
Translations: Hephaestus
From the root: ΗΦΑΙΣΤΟΣ
Part of Speech: Proper Noun
Explanation: Hephaestus is the Greek god of blacksmiths, metalworking, carpenters, craftsmen, artisans, sculptors, metallurgy, fire, and volcanoes. He is often depicted as lame and ugly, but highly skilled in his craft. He is the son of Zeus and Hera, and the husband of Aphrodite. In Roman mythology, he is known as Vulcan.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G2297 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 2:69
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΗΦΑΙΣΤΟΣ.
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.
- ΕΚΕΦΑΙΣΤΟΥ — of Hephaestus
- ΗΦΑΙΣΤΟΙΟ — (of) Hephaestus
- ΗΦΑΙΣΤΟΝ — Hephaestus
- ΗΦΑΙΣΤΟΥ — of Hephaestus, Hephaestus'
This concordance database is in beta
That means it's an unfinished preview of what we're building and is still being refined and corrected. It was initially generated from Google Gemini 2.5. It will be edited and corrected over time, with additional information added as we go.
It is your responsibility to double-check anything important.
Please report any errors or important missing information.