ΚΤΗΝΟΤΡΟΦΩΝ, κτηνοτροφων
KTĒNOTROPHŌN, ktēnotrophōn
Sounds Like: ktee-no-tro-FOHN
Translations: of herdsmen, of cattle-breeders, of shepherds
From the root: ΚΤΗΝΟΤΡΟΦΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to those who raise or tend to livestock, such as herdsmen, cattle-breeders, or shepherds. It is a compound word formed from 'κτῆνος' (ktēnos), meaning 'beast' or 'cattle', and 'τροφός' (trophos), meaning 'feeder' or 'nurturer'. It is used to describe people whose occupation involves caring for animals.
Inflection: Plural, Genitive, Masculine
Strong’s number: G2934 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 117:5
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 4:20
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΤΗΝΟΤΡΟΦΟΣ.
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.
- ΚΤΗΝΟΤΡΟΦΟΙ — herdsmen, cattle-keepers, shepherds
- ΚΤΗΝΟΤΡΟΦΟΣ — cattle-rearing, cattle-feeding, a cattle-rearer, a cattle-feeder
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