ΠΦΩΤΟΙ, πφωτοι
PPHŌTOI, pphōtoi
Sounds Like: FOH-toy
Translations: light, a light, bright, shining, luminous
From the root: ΦΩΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This word appears to be a misspelling or garbled form of 'φωτοί' (phōtoi), which is the nominative or vocative plural form of 'φῶς' (phōs), meaning 'light'. As an adjective, it would mean 'bright' or 'shining'. In the provided context, it likely refers to 'the bright ones' or 'the luminous ones', possibly describing stones. It is a compound word if it's a misspelling of 'πρωτοί' (prōtoi) meaning 'first ones' combined with 'φωτοί' (phōtoi) meaning 'light ones', but this is highly speculative. The most probable interpretation is a simple misspelling of 'φωτοί'.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Vocative, Masculine or Feminine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G5457 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Unknown: Yes
Instances
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 9 — 15:4
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΩΣ.
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.
- ΦΩΣ — light, a light, fire
- ΦΩΤΑ — lights, lamps, fires
- ΦΩΤΕΙ — to light, to a light, for a light
- ΦΩΤΕΙΝΟΤΕΡΟΣ — brighter, more luminous, more shining
- ΦΩΤΙ — to light, to a light, to a lamp, to fire, to a fire, to a torch, to a torchlight, to a day, to a daylight, to a daybreak, to a morning, to a dawn, to a revelation, to a manifestation, to a truth, to a knowledge, to a understanding, to a spiritual illumination
- ΦΩΤΙΝΟΝ — bright, full of light, luminous, a bright thing, a luminous thing
- ΦΩΤΙΝΟΣ — bright, luminous, full of light
- ΦΩΤΟΣ — of light, of a light
- ΦΩΤΩΝ — of lights, of the lights
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