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ΠΟΡΩΝ, πορων

PORŌN, porōn

Sounds Like: po-RON

Translations: merchant, a merchant, lacking, being at a loss, being in want, being without resources, middle of the way, middle of the journey

From the root: ΠΟΡΟΣ

Part of Speech: Noun, Participle

Explanation: This word has multiple possible meanings depending on its root and context. It can be the genitive plural of ἔμπορος (emporos), meaning 'merchants' or 'traders'. It can also be the genitive plural masculine participle of ἀπορέω (aporeō), meaning 'lacking', 'being at a loss', or 'being in want'. Additionally, it can be part of the compound word μεσοπορῶν (mesoporōn), meaning 'in the middle of the way' or 'mid-journey'.

Inflection: Genitive Plural (for ἔμπορος and ἀπορέω), Masculine (for participle), Compound (for μεσοπορῶν)

Strong’s numbers: G3986 (Lookup on BibleHub), G639 (Lookup on BibleHub)


Instances

Justin Martyr
  • First Apology of Justin Martyr — 13:1

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
  • ΠΟΡΟΥΣ — way, passage, means, resource, ford, a way, a passage, a means, a resource, a ford

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