ΛΟΦΥΛΑ, λοφυλα
LOPHYLA, lophyla
Sounds Like: AL-loh-fy-lah
Translations: foreign, alien, of another tribe, of another nation
From the root: ΑΛΛΟΦΥΛΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is likely a misspelling or a variant of 'ΑΛΛΟΦΥΛΑ' (allophyla), which is the nominative/accusative/vocative plural neuter form of the adjective 'ΑΛΛΟΦΥΛΟΣ' (allophylos), meaning 'foreign' or 'of another tribe/nation'. It describes something or someone that is not native or belongs to a different group. In the provided context, it appears to be used in a genitive plural sense, possibly referring to 'of the foreigners' or 'of the Philistines', which would typically be 'ΑΛΛΟΦΥΛΩΝ'.
Inflection: Likely a misspelling or variant of the Nominative, Accusative, or Vocative, Plural, Neuter form of the adjective 'ΑΛΛΟΦΥΛΟΣ'. However, the context suggests a Genitive Plural usage, which would be 'ΑΛΛΟΦΥΛΩΝ'.
Strong’s number: G0246 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Unknown: Yes
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΛΛΟΦΥΛΟΣ.
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.
- ἈΛΛΟΦΥΛΟΙ — foreigners, a foreigner, strangers, a stranger, aliens, an alien
- ἈΛΛΟΦΥΛΟΥΣ — foreigners, strangers, aliens, people of another tribe
- ΑΛʼΛΟΦΥΛΑ — foreign, of another tribe, alien, a foreigner, an alien
- ΑΛʼΛΟΦΥΛΟΙ — foreigners, aliens, strangers, of another tribe, of another race
- ΑΛΛΟΦΥΛΟΙ — foreigners, strangers, aliens, Philistines
- ΑΛΛΟΦΥΛΟΙΣ — to foreigners, to aliens, to those of another tribe, to those of another race
- ΑΛΛΟΦΥΛΟΣ — foreign, of another tribe, alien, a foreigner
- ΑΛΛΟΦΥΛΟΥΣ — foreign, of another tribe, alien, a foreigner, an alien
- ΑΛΛΟΦΥΛΩ — foreign, a foreigner, of foreigners, to foreigners, alien, of aliens, to aliens
- ΑΛΛΟΦΥΛΩΝ — (of) foreigners, (of) aliens, (of) strangers, (of) other tribes, (of) Philistines
- ΛΟΦΥΛΟΙ — foreigners, aliens, strangers, a foreigner, an alien, a stranger
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