ὈΡΟΒΟΙΣ, ὀροβοις
OROBOIS, orobois
Sounds Like: O-RO-boys
Translations: vetches, lentils, pulse, of vetches, to vetches
From the root: ΟΡΟΒΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a type of leguminous plant, specifically vetches or lentils, which were commonly grown for food. It is used to describe the plant itself or its seeds, often consumed as a staple food source. In the provided context, it is used in the dative case, indicating 'to' or 'for' vetches, or 'with' vetches as a means.
Inflection: Plural, Dative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G3742 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 10:16
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΟΡΟΒΟΣ.
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.
- ὈΡΟΒΟΣ — vetch, a vetch
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