ΠΑΡΑΠΛΗΣΙΟΙΣ, παραπλησιοις
PARAPLĒSIOIS, paraplēsiois
Sounds Like: pa-rap-LEE-see-oys
Translations: (to) similar, (to) like, (to) resembling, (to) nearly equal
From the root: ΠΑΡΑΠΛΗΣΙΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is an adjective meaning 'similar' or 'like'. It is a compound word formed from 'παρά' (para), meaning 'beside' or 'alongside', and 'πλήσιος' (plēsios), meaning 'near' or 'neighboring'. It is used to describe something that is very much like something else, often in terms of size, quality, or nature. In this inflected form, it indicates 'to' or 'for' similar things or people.
Inflection: Dative, Plural, Masculine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G3898 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 20 — 8:186
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΑΡΑΠΛΗΣΙΟΣ.
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.
- ΠΑΡΑΠΛΗΣΙΑ — similar, like, resembling, a similar one, a like one
- ΠΑΡΑΠΛΗΣΙΑΙ — similar, like, resembling
- ΠΑΡΑΠΛΗΣΙΑΝ — similar, like, resembling, a similar, a like
- ΠΑΡΑΠΛΗΣΙΑΣ — similar, like, resembling, (of) similar (things), (of) like (things), (of) resembling (things), similar (things), like (things), resembling (things)
- ΠΑΡΑΠΛΗΣΙΟΙ — similar, like, resembling, a similar one, a like one
- ΠΑΡΑΠΛΗΣΙΟΝ — similar, like, nearly, almost, a similar thing, something similar
- ΠΑΡΑΠΛΗΣΙΟΣ — similar, like, resembling, nearly, almost, about
- ΠΑΡΑΠΛΗΣΙΩΝ — similar, like, resembling, of a similar kind, of a like nature
- ΠΑΡΑΠΛΗΣΙΩΣ — similarly, likewise, in like manner, in a similar way
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