ἸΣΩΣ, ἰσως
ISŌS, isōs
Sounds Like: EE-sohs
Translations: perhaps, possibly, it may be, perchance
From the root: ἸΣΩΣ
Part of Speech: Adverb
Explanation: This word is an adverb used to express possibility or uncertainty. It indicates that something is likely or probable, but not definite. It can be used to introduce a conjecture or a hesitant statement, often translated as 'perhaps' or 'possibly' in English.
Inflection: Does not inflect
Strong’s number: G2481 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 2:91
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 6:129
- Book 4 — 2:11
- Book 5 — 2:157
- Book 8 — 8:216, 8:225
- Book 10 — 11:225
- Book 11 — 2:25
- Book 12 — 2:59, 3:127, 6:188
- Book 15 — 5:138
- Book 16 — 2:52, 4:116, 11:395
- Book 18 — 8:275
- Book 19 — 1:22, 1:45
- Book 20 — 12:266
Josephus' The Jewish War
Justin Martyr
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 65:358
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 32:20
- 1 Samuel — 25:21
- 4 Maccabees — 1:5, 7:17, 16:5
- Jeremiah — 5:4, 33:3, 43:3, 43:7
- Daniel (Theodotion) — 4:24
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Luke — 20:13
From the same root
No other words from the same root, ἸΣΩΣ, appear in our texts.
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