ΠΕΡΙΟΥΣΙΑΣ, περιουσιας
PERIOUSIAS, periousias
Sounds Like: peh-ree-oo-SEE-ahs
Translations: of possession, of property, of special possession, of peculiar treasure, of wealth, of abundance, of superfluity
From the root: ΠΕΡΙΟΥΣΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a possession, property, or a special treasure. It can also denote abundance or superfluity. In a theological context, it often refers to a people or group chosen by God as His own special possession.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine
Strong’s number: G4047 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 8:44
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΕΡΙΟΥΣΙΑ.
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.
- ΠΕΡΙΟΥΣΗΣ — of abundance, of superfluity, of property, of possession, of special possession
- ΠΕΡΙΟΥΣΙΑ — possession, a possession, property, wealth, abundance, special possession, peculiar treasure
- ΠΕΡΙΟΥΣΙΑΝ — abundance, a surplus, property, a possession, a peculiar treasure
- ΤΗΣΠΕΡΙΟΥΣΙΑΣ — of property, of possessions, of substance, of wealth, of abundance, of that which is left over, of that which is peculiar
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