ΠΕΝΤΑΠΛΕΘΡΟΣ, πενταπλεθρος
PENTAPLETHROS, pentaplethros
Sounds Like: pen-TA-pleth-ros
Translations: five plethra long, five-hundred-foot long
From the root: ΠΕΝΤΑΠΛΕΘΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is a compound adjective, meaning 'five plethra long' or 'five hundred feet long'. It describes something that measures five units of a 'plethron', an ancient Greek unit of length roughly equivalent to 100 feet. It is used to describe the length or extent of something, such as a wall or a field.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s numbers: G4002 (Lookup on BibleHub), G4136 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 22:198
From the same root
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