ΠΗΓΗΝ, πηγην
PĒGĒN, pēgēn
Sounds Like: pay-GAYN
Translations: spring, a spring, fountain, a fountain, well, a well, source, a source
From the root: ΠΗΓΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a natural source of water, such as a spring or a fountain. It can also be used metaphorically to denote the origin or source of something, like wisdom or life. It is typically used in sentences to indicate the place from which something originates or flows.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G4077 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Barnabus
- Letter of Barnabas — 11:2
Codex Sinaiticus
- Genesis — 24:42, 24:45
- Judges — 7:1
- 4 Maccabees — 3:14
- Proverbs — 25:26
- Job — 38:16
- Jeremiah — 2:13, 8:23, 17:13
- Epistle of Barnabas — 11:2
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 12:219
- Book 2 — 14:294
- Book 3 — 1:35
- Book 4 — 4:81
- Book 5 — 8:303
- Book 7 — 7:159, 14:347, 14:355, 14:357
Josephus' The Jewish War
Justin Martyr
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 14:7, 24:16, 24:29, 24:42, 24:43, 24:45
- Leviticus — 20:18
- Deuteronomy — 8:15
- Joshua — 15:9, 17:7, 18:15, 18:16, 18:17, 21:29
- Judges — 7:1
- 2 Kings — 3:25
- 4 Maccabees — 3:14
- Proverbs — 25:26
- Job — 38:16
- Jeremiah — 2:13, 9:1, 17:13, 28:36
- Baruch — 3:12
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΗΓΗ.
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.
- ΠΗΓΑΙ — springs, fountains, sources
- ΠΗΓΑΙΣ — to springs, for springs, to fountains, for fountains, springs, fountains
- ΠΗΓΑΙΩΝ — of springs, of fountains, of sources
- ΠΗΓΑΣ — spring, a spring, fountain, a fountain, well, a well
- ΠΗΓΗ — spring, a spring, fountain, a fountain, well, a well, source, a source
- ΠΗΓΗΣ — of a spring, of a fountain, of a well, of a source
- ΠΗΓΩΝ — of springs, of fountains, of wells, of sources
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