ΝΟΘΟΣ, νοθος
NOTHOS, nothos
Sounds Like: NO-thos
Translations: illegitimate, bastard, spurious, counterfeit, a bastard, an illegitimate child
From the root: ΝΟΘΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This word describes something that is illegitimate, spurious, or counterfeit. When used as a noun, it refers to a child born out of wedlock, a bastard. As an adjective, it can describe anything that is not genuine, true, or authentic, such as a false teaching or an imitation.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine. Can also be Feminine or Neuter, and inflects for all cases and numbers.
Strong’s number: G3549 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 10:20
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
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
- ΝΟΘΟΙ — illegitimate, bastards, spurious, counterfeit
- ΝΟΘΟΝ — illegitimate, bastard, spurious, counterfeit, false
- 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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