ΠΟΡΟΥΣ, πορους
POROUS, porous
Sounds Like: POH-roos
Translations: way, passage, means, resource, ford, a way, a passage, a means, a resource, a ford
From the root: ΠΟΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a way, passage, or means to achieve something. It can also denote a resource or a ford (a shallow place in a river or stream allowing one to cross). In the provided examples, it is used to describe 'ways' or 'passages', such as the 'ways of a ship sailing through the sea'.
Inflection: Masculine, Accusative, Plural
Strong’s number: G4161 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
Justin Martyr
- Second Apology of Justin Martyr — 0:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΟΡΟΣ.
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.
- ΠΟΡΙΣΤΙΚΟΣ — providing, procuring, gainful, profitable, resourceful
- ΠΟΡΟΙ — ways, passages, fords, means, resources, revenues
- ΠΟΡΟΝ — way, passage, means, resource, a way, a passage, a means, a resource
- ΠΟΡΟΣ — passage, way, means, resource, ford, ferry, a passage, a way, a means
- ΠΟΡΩΝ — merchant, a merchant, lacking, being at a loss, being in want, being without resources, middle of the way, middle of the journey
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