ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΑΣ, πτολεμαιας
PTOLEMAIAS, ptolemaias
Sounds Like: ptoh-leh-MAH-ee-as
Translations: Ptolemais, (of) Ptolemais
From the root: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΣ
Part of Speech: Proper Noun
Explanation: Ptolemais was an ancient city, originally known as Akko or Acre, located on the coast of Phoenicia (modern-day Israel). It was renamed Ptolemais during the Hellenistic period, likely after one of the Ptolemaic rulers of Egypt. The word refers to the city itself. In the provided form, it is used to indicate possession or origin related to the city.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine
Strong’s number: G4424 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 13 — 12:330
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΣ.
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.
- ΕἸΣΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΔΑ — into Ptolemais, to Ptolemais
- ΕΙΣΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΔΑ — into Ptolemais
- ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΔΙ — Ptolemais
- ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΣ — Ptolemais
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