ΠΑΡΑΤΩΝ, παρατων
PARATŌN, paratōn
Sounds Like: pa-RAH-ton
Translations: from, by, with, beside, near, of the, to 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 genitive plural definite article 'τῶν' (tōn). 'Παρά' is a versatile preposition that can mean 'from' (with genitive), 'beside' or 'with' (with dative), or 'alongside' or 'contrary to' (with accusative). In this specific combination with the genitive plural article 'τῶν', it most commonly means 'from' or 'from beside' or 'from the side of' (referring to people or things). It indicates origin or proximity.
Inflection: Preposition (does not inflect), Article (Genitive, Plural, All genders)
Strong’s numbers: G3844 (Lookup on BibleHub), G3588 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 7:27
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.
- ΠΑΡΑΤΟΥΣ — beside the, alongside the, by the, near the, from the
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