ΟΣΙΩΤΕΡΑ, οσιωτερα
OSIŌTERA, osiōtera
Sounds Like: oh-see-OH-teh-rah
Translations: holier, more holy, more pious, more devout
From the root: ΟΣΙΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is the comparative form of the adjective 'hosios', meaning 'holy' or 'pious'. It describes something or someone as being 'holier' or 'more pious' than something else. It is used to compare the degree of holiness or piety between two entities.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Vocative or Accusative, Feminine; or Plural, Nominative or Accusative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G3741 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΟΣΙΟΣ.
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.
- ΟΣΙΑ — holy, pious, righteous, devout, sacred, pure, a holy thing, sacred things
- ΟΣΙΑΝ — holy, pious, righteous, devout, a holy, a pious, a righteous, a devout
- ΟΣΙΑΣ — (of) holy, (of) pious, (of) righteous, (of) devout
- ΟΣΙΝ — holy, pious, righteous, devout, a holy one, a pious one
- ΟΣΙΟΙ — holy, righteous, pious, devout, a holy one, righteous ones, pious ones, devout ones
- ΟΣΙΟΙΣ — (to) holy, (to) pious, (to) righteous, (to) devout, (to) godly
- ΟΣΙΟΝ — holy, righteous, pious, devout, sacred, a holy thing, a sacred thing
- ΟΣΙΟΣ — holy, righteous, pious, devout, a holy one, a righteous one
- ΟΣΙΟΤΗΤΑ — holiness, piety, sanctity, a holiness, a piety, a sanctity
- ΟΣΙΟΥ — of holy, of pious, of righteous, of devout, of a holy, of a pious, of a righteous, of a devout
- ΟΣΙΟΥΣ — holy, pious, righteous, devout
- ΟΣΙΩ — holy, pious, righteous, devout, a holy, a pious, a righteous, a devout, (to) holy, (to) pious, (to) righteous, (to) devout
- ΟΣΙΩΝ — of holy, of pious, of devout, of righteous, of pure
- ΟΣΙΩΣ — piously, holily, righteously, devoutly
- ΟΣΙΩΤΑΤΑ — most piously, most righteously, most sacredly, most holily
- ΟΣΙΩΤΑΤΟΝ — most holy, most pious, most righteous, a most holy thing
- ΟΣΙΩΤΑΤΟΣ — most holy, most pious, most devout, most righteous
- ΟΣΙΩΤΕΡΟΝ — more holy, more pious, more righteous, more devout
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