ΛΟΧΟΥΣ, λοχους
LOCHOUS, lochous
Sounds Like: LOKH-oos
Translations: companies, squads, ambushes, a company, a squad, an ambush
From the root: ΛΟΧΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a company or squad of soldiers, a military unit, or a band of people. It can also refer to a place of ambush or the act of lying in wait. In the provided context, it is used in the plural to describe groups or companies.
Inflection: Plural, Accusative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G3032 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 6 — 7:135
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 14:5
- Book Three — 7:38, 7:46
- Book Four — 3:14, 7:20
- Book Five — 3:24, 7:17
- Book Seven — 1:5, 5:28, 7:7
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΛΟΧΟΣ.
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.
- ΛΟΧΟΙ — ambushes, ambuscades, companies, divisions, troops, a company, a division, a troop
- ΛΟΧΟΙΣ — (to) ambushes, (to) companies, (to) bands, (to) squadrons
- ΛΟΧΟΝ — ambush, a company, a band, a troop, a detachment, a platoon
- ΛΟΧΟΣ — ambush, an ambush, company, a company, band, a band
- ΛΟΧΟΥ — of an ambush, of a company, of a band, of a troop, of a squadron
- ΛΟΧΩ — ambush, a company, a company of soldiers, a band of soldiers, a troop, a body of men, a body of soldiers
- ΛΟΧΩΝ — of childbirth, of birth, of ambushes, of ambuscades, of companies, of troops
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