ΜΕΓΑΛΑΙΣΣΥΜΦΟΡΑΙΣ, μεγαλαισσυμφοραις
MEGALAISSYMPHORAIS, megalaissymphorais
Sounds Like: meh-GAH-lais-sym-PHO-rais
Translations: (to) great misfortunes, (to) great calamities, (to) great disasters
From the root: ΜΕΓΑΣ, ΣΥΜΦΟΡΑ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This word is a compound of two words: ΜΕΓΑΛΑΙΣ (from μέγας, meaning 'great' or 'large') and ΣΥΜΦΟΡΑΙΣ (from συμφορά, meaning 'misfortune', 'calamity', or 'disaster'). The combined word means 'great misfortunes' or 'great calamities'. It is used to describe a situation involving significant adversity or trouble. The double sigma (ΣΣ) is an unusual spelling and likely represents a transcription error or a specific orthographic variant for the compound word.
Inflection: Dative, Plural, Feminine
Strong’s numbers: G3173 (Lookup on BibleHub), G4875 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Seven — 7:1
From the same root
No other words from the same root, ΜΕΓΑΣ, ΣΥΜΦΟΡΑ, appear in our texts.
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