ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΔΟΣ, πτολεμαιδος
PTOLEMAIDOS, ptolemaidos
Sounds Like: PTO-le-MAH-ee-doss
Translations: of Ptolemais
From the root: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΪΣ
Part of Speech: Proper Noun
Explanation: Ptolemais was an ancient city on the coast of Phoenicia, known today as Acre or Akko in modern-day Israel. It was a significant port city during the Hellenistic and Roman periods, often mentioned in historical and biblical texts. The name 'Ptolemais' was given to it by Ptolemy II Philadelphus, an Egyptian pharaoh, in the 3rd century BC.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine
Strong’s number: G4425 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΪΣ.
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- ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΔΑΝ — Ptolemais
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