ΠΟΛΕΜΑΡΧΟΣ, πολεμαρχος
POLEMARCHOS, polemarchos
Sounds Like: po-LEH-mar-khos
Translations: commander, a commander, general, a general, military leader, a military leader
From the root: ΠΟΛΕΜΑΡΧΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This is a compound noun formed from 'πόλεμος' (polemos), meaning 'war', and 'ἄρχος' (archos), meaning 'leader' or 'ruler'. It refers to a military commander, a general, or someone in charge of military affairs. It is used to denote a high-ranking officer in an army.
Inflection: Singular, Masculine, Nominative
Strong’s number: G4171 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 8:11
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΟΛΕΜΑΡΧΟΣ.
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.
- ΠΟΛΕΜΑΡΧΩ — I am a polemarch, I command in war, I lead an army
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