ΝΙΤΡΩ, νιτρω
NITRŌ, nitrō
Sounds Like: NEE-troh
Translations: (to) nitre, (to) soda, (to) lye, a nitre, a soda, a lye
From the root: ΝΙΤΡΟΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to nitre, which is a naturally occurring mineral salt, often sodium carbonate or potassium nitrate. In ancient times, it was used for washing and cleaning, similar to soap or lye. It could also be used in various chemical processes. The word is used here in the dative case, indicating the means or instrument by which something is done.
Inflection: Singular, Dative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G3567 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Jeremiah — 2:22
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Jeremiah — 2:22
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΝΙΤΡΟΝ.
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.
- ΝΙΤΡΟΝ — nitre, soda, natron
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