ΠΛΕΘΡΟΥ, πλεθρου
PLETHROU, plethrou
Sounds Like: PLEH-throo
Translations: of a plethron, of a measure of land, of a hundred feet, of a furlong
From the root: ΠΛΕΘΡΟΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a plethron, which was an ancient Greek unit of linear measure, typically equivalent to 100 Greek feet (approximately 101 English feet or 30.8 meters). It was also used as a unit of area, representing a square plethron, roughly a quarter of an acre. It describes a specific dimension or area.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Neuter
Strong’s number: G4137 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 5 — 1:78
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΛΕΘΡΟΝ.
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.
- ΠΛΕΘΡΟΝ — plethron, a plethron, furlong, a furlong
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