ΚΟΥΦΟΣ, κουφος
KOUPHOS, kouphos
Sounds Like: KOO-fos
Translations: light, a light, swift, a swift, nimble, a nimble, quick, a quick, foolish, a foolish
From the root: ΚΟΥΦΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something as being light in weight, or figuratively, light in character or swift in movement. It can refer to physical lightness, or to a quickness or nimbleness, especially of foot. In a metaphorical sense, it can describe someone as being foolish or unstable in mind, lacking seriousness or depth.
Inflection: Masculine, Nominative, Singular
Strong’s number: G2892 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 7 — 10:239
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, ΚΟΥΦΟΣ.
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.
- ΚΟΥΦΗΣ — of light, of a light, of trifling, of a trifling, of empty, of an empty
- ΚΟΥΦΙΣΜΑ — relief, alleviation, lightening, ease, a relief
- ΚΟΥΦΟΙ — light, a light, nimble, swift, a swift, trivial, a trivial
- ΚΟΥΦΟΙΣ — light, a light, nimble, swift, a swift, trivial, a trivial
- ΚΟΥΦΟΝ — light, a light thing, trivial, unimportant, easy, a light burden
- ΚΟΥΦΟΤΑΤΑ — lightest, easiest, most trivial, most insignificant, most trifling
- ΚΟΥΦΟΤΑΤΟΝ — lightest, a lightest, most trivial, a most trivial, most insignificant, a most insignificant
- ΚΟΥΦΟΤΑΤΟΣ — lightest, most light, most trivial, most insignificant, a lightest, the lightest
- ΚΟΥΦΟΤΑΤΩΝ — of the lightest, of the most trivial, of the most insignificant, of the most foolish
- ΚΟΥΦΟΤΕΡΑ — lighter, more light, more trivial, more insignificant, more easily borne
- ΚΟΥΦΟΤΕΡΑΙΣ — to lighter, to more trivial, to more insignificant, to more trifling
- ΚΟΥΦΟΤΕΡΑΝ — lighter, more trivial, more insignificant, more foolish
- ΚΟΥΦΟΤΕΡΑΣ — lighter, more light, more trivial, more insignificant
- ΚΟΥΦΟΤΕΡΟΙ — lighter, more light, swifter, more swift
- ΚΟΥΦΟΤΕΡΟΙΣ — (to) lighter, (to) less heavy
- ΚΟΥΦΟΤΕΡΟΝ — lighter, more light, easier, more easy
- ΚΟΥΦΟΤΕΡΩΤΗΝ — lighter, more lightly
- ΚΟΥΦΟΤΗΤΑ — lightness, levity, a lightness, the lightness
- ΚΟΥΦΟΥΣ — light, a light, nimble, swift, empty, vain, foolish, a foolish
- ΚΟΥΦΩΣ — lightly, swiftly, quickly
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