ὈΛΟΦΕΡΝΗΣ, ὀλοφερνης
OLOPHERNĒS, olophernēs
Sounds Like: oh-loh-FER-nays
Translations: Holofernes
From the root: ὈΛΟΦΕΡΝΗΣ
Part of Speech: Proper Noun
Explanation: This is the name of a prominent Assyrian general in the deuterocanonical Book of Judith. He was sent by King Nebuchadnezzar to punish the nations of the west for their refusal to support his war efforts. His campaign led him to besiege the Israelite city of Bethulia, where he was ultimately defeated by the actions of Judith.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Judith — 2:14, 4:1, 6:1, 6:10, 6:17, 7:1, 7:6, 10:21, 11:1, 11:22, 12:3, 12:7, 12:10, 12:17, 12:20, 13:2, 14:18
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ὈΛΟΦΕΡΝΗΣ.
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.
- ὈΛΟΦΕΡΝΗ — Holofernes, (of) Holofernes, (to) Holofernes
- ὈΛΟΦΕΡΝΗΝ — Holofernes
- ὈΛΟΦΕΡΝΟΥ — of Holofernes
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