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ΚΟΡΑΙ, κοραι

KORAI, korai

Sounds Like: koh-RAI

Translations: girls, maidens, virgins, pupils (of the eye)

From the root: ΚΟΡΗ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to young women, specifically girls, maidens, or virgins. In a specialized anatomical sense, it can also refer to the pupils of the eye, due to the ancient belief that one could see a small image of oneself reflected in another's pupil, like a miniature 'maiden' or 'doll'. It is used in the plural form.

Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Vocative

Strong’s number: G2877 (Lookup on BibleHub)


Instances

Clement of Alexandria
  • Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 4:77, 12:7
Codex Sinaiticus
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΟΡΗ.

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.

  • ΚΟΡΑ — girl, maiden, young woman, virgin, daughter, a girl, a maiden, a young woman, a virgin, a daughter
  • ΚΟΡΑΙΣ — pupil, a pupil, doll, a doll, maiden, a maiden, girl, a girl
  • ΚΟΡΑΝ — pupil, a pupil, maiden, a maiden, girl, a girl
  • ΚΟΡΑΣ — girls, maidens, young women
  • ΚΟΡΑΣΙΟΝ — girl, a girl, maiden, a maiden, young woman, a young woman
  • ΚΟΡΕΑΙΣ — to girls, to maidens, to daughters, to young women
  • ΚΟΡΗ — girl, a girl, maiden, a maiden, virgin, a virgin, daughter, a daughter, pupil (of the eye), a pupil (of the eye)
  • ΚΟΡΗΝ — a maiden, a girl, a daughter, a pupil (of the eye)
  • ΚΟΡΗΣ — of a girl, of a maiden, of a virgin, of a daughter, of a pupil (of the eye)

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