ΟΙΠΕΖΟΙ, οιπεζοι
OIPEZOI, oipezoi
Sounds Like: oy PEH-zoy
Translations: the foot soldiers, the infantry, the pedestrians
From the root: ΠΕΖΟΣ
Part of Speech: Article, Adjective (used as Noun)
Explanation: This is a compound phrase consisting of the definite article 'οἱ' (hoi), meaning 'the' (masculine plural nominative), and 'πεζοί' (pezoi), which is the masculine plural nominative form of the adjective 'πεζός' (pezos). When used substantively, 'πεζοί' refers to those who are 'on foot', commonly translated as 'foot soldiers' or 'infantry'. It describes a group of people who travel or fight on foot, as opposed to cavalry or those in vehicles.
Inflection: Masculine, Plural, Nominative
Strong’s number: G3979 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 20:19
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΕΖΟΣ.
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.
- ΠΕΖ — on foot, by land, foot-soldier
- ΠΕΖΑ — on foot, by land, pedestrian, foot-soldier
- ΠΕΖΑΝ — on foot, by land, pedestrian, foot-soldier
- ΠΕΖΕ — on foot, by land, by foot, on the ground, by land (of)
- ΠΕΖΗΝ — on foot, by land, infantry, a foot soldier
- ΠΕΖΗΣ — on foot, pedestrian, foot-soldier, infantryman, land-based
- ΠΕΖΙ — on foot, by foot, infantry, foot soldiers, footmen, a foot soldier
- ΠΕΖΙΚΑΣ — on foot, foot-, infantry, foot-soldier, a foot-soldier
- ΠΕΖΟΙ — on foot, foot soldiers, infantry
- ΠΕΖΟΙΣ — on foot, by land, foot soldier, infantry, a foot soldier, the infantry
- ΠΕΖΟΝ — on foot, by land, foot soldier, an infantryman, infantry
- ΠΕΖΟΣ — on foot, a foot soldier, infantry, pedestrian
- ΠΕΖΟΥ — of foot, of infantry, of a foot soldier, of a pedestrian, of one on foot
- ΠΕΖΟΥΣ — footmen, infantry, those on foot, a footman, an infantryman
- ΠΕΖΩ — on foot, footman, infantry, pedestrian
- ΠΕΖΩΝ — of foot, of infantry, of foot soldiers, foot soldiers, infantry
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