ΠΑΣΤΟΦΟΡΙΟΙΣ, παστοφοριοις
PASTOPHORIOIS, pastophoriois
Sounds Like: pas-toh-foh-REE-oys
Translations: (to) chambers, (to) cells, (to) rooms
From the root: ΠΑΣΤΟΦΟΡΙΟΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the chambers or cells in the temple, particularly those used by priests or temple attendants for various purposes, such as storage or lodging. It is a compound word derived from 'πάστος' (pastos), meaning 'bridal chamber' or 'inner room', and 'φέρω' (phero), meaning 'to bear' or 'to carry'. In a sentence, it would indicate the location or destination of an action, such as 'they went to the chambers'.
Inflection: Dative, Plural, Masculine
Strong’s number: G3987 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Ezra (Alpha) — 8:58
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΑΣΤΟΦΟΡΙΟΝ.
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.
- ΠΑΣΤΟΦΟΡΙΟΝ — chamber, a chamber, cell, a cell, treasury, a treasury, storeroom, a storeroom
- ΠΑΣΤΟΦΟΡΙΟΥ — of a chamber, of a storehouse, of a treasury, of a cell
- ΠΑΣΤΟΦΟΡΙΩΝ — of chambers, of cells, of storerooms, of side-chambers
- ΤΩΝΠΑΣΤΟΦΟΡΙΩΝ — of the chambers, of the side-chambers, of the pastophoria, of the priests' chambers
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