ΠΟΙΚΙΑ, ποικια
POIKIA, poikia
Sounds Like: POY-kee-ah
Translations: exile, a place of exile, colony, a colony, captivity, a captivity
From the root: ΑΠΟΙΚΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word appears to be a misspelling or a truncated form of 'ΑΠΟΙΚΙΑ' (APOIKIA), which means 'exile,' 'captivity,' or 'colony.' It refers to a state of being away from one's homeland, often under duress, or a settlement established by people from another land. The provided examples clearly use the word 'ΑΠΟΙΚΙΑ', indicating 'ΠΟΙΚΙΑ' is likely a transcription error.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G0644 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Unknown: Yes
Instances
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΠΟΙΚΙΑ.
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.
- ἈΠΟΙΚΙΑΝ — colony, a colony, settlement, a settlement, deportation, an exile, a place of exile
- ἈΠΟΙΚΙΑΣ — of a colony, of a settlement, of an exile, of a deportation, of a return from exile
- ἈΠΟΙΚΙΩΝ — of colonies, of settlements, of migrations
- ΑΠΟΙΚΕΙΑΣ — of a colony, of a settlement, of a dwelling away from home
- ΑΠΟΙΚΙΑ — colony, a colony, exile, captivity, a place of exile
- ΑΠΟΙΚΙΑΝ — exile, a place of exile, a colony, a settlement
- ΑΠΟΙΚΙΑΣ — of a colony, of a settlement, of a dwelling place
- ΑΠΟΙΚΙΩΝ — of colonies, of settlements
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