ΠΑΡΑΤΟΥΣ, παρατους
PARATOUS, paratous
Sounds Like: PAH-rah-TOOS
Translations: beside the, alongside the, by the, near the, from the
From the root: ΠΑΡΑ, Ο
Part of Speech: Preposition, Article
Explanation: This is a compound phrase consisting of the preposition 'παρά' (para) and the definite article 'τούς' (tous). 'Παρά' means 'beside, alongside, by, near, from', and 'τούς' is the masculine or feminine plural accusative form of the definite article 'the'. Together, they indicate a relationship of proximity, origin, or agency with respect to multiple masculine or feminine objects. For example, it could mean 'beside the (men)' or 'from the (women)'.
Inflection: Preposition with Accusative, Plural, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s numbers: G3844 (Lookup on BibleHub), G3588 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 34:3
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΑΡΑ, Ο.
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.
- ΠΑΡΑΤΩΝ — from, by, with, beside, near, of the, to the
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