ΚΟΡΥΦΑΙΟΙ, κορυφαιοι
KORYPHAIOI, koryphaioi
Sounds Like: kor-yoo-FAY-oy
Translations: chief, leading, principal, foremost, chief ones, leading ones, principal ones, foremost ones
From the root: ΚΟΡΥΦΑΙΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes someone or something that is at the top, preeminent, or most important in a group, field, or situation. It signifies being a leader or having a prominent position. For example, it could be used to describe the chief men of a city or the leading figures in a particular discipline.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G2888 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 2:3
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΟΡΥΦΑΙΟΣ.
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.
- ΚΟΡΥΦΑΙΟΣ — chief, leading, principal, a chief man, a leader, a principal man
- ΚΟΡΥΦΑΙΟΤΑΤΟΙ — most prominent, chiefest, foremost, most excellent, most eminent
- ΚΟΡΥΦΑΙΟΤΑΤΟΥΣ — most prominent, most leading, most chief, most principal
- ΚΟΡΥΦΑΙΟΤΑΤΩΝ — (of) the most prominent, (of) the most leading, (of) the most chief
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