ΝΟΘΟΙ, νοθοι
NOTHOI, nothoi
Sounds Like: NO-thoy
Translations: illegitimate, bastards, spurious, counterfeit
From the root: ΝΟΘΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word refers to children born outside of lawful marriage, hence 'illegitimate' or 'bastard'. Metaphorically, it can also describe anything that is spurious, counterfeit, or not genuine. It is used to denote a lack of true origin or authenticity.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Vocative, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G3544 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Hebrews — 12:8
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Hebrews — 12:8
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΝΟΘΟΣ.
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.
- ΝΟΘΑ — illegitimate, a bastard, spurious, counterfeit, a counterfeit
- ΝΟΘΟΝ — illegitimate, bastard, spurious, counterfeit, false
- ΝΟΘΟΣ — illegitimate, bastard, spurious, counterfeit, a bastard, an illegitimate child
- ΝΟΘΟΥΣ — illegitimate, a bastard, spurious, counterfeit, a false one
- ΝΟΘΩΝ — of illegitimate children, of bastards, of spurious things, of corrupt things, of foreign things
- ΝΟΘΩΣ — illegitimately, spuriously, falsely, adulterously
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