ΣΑΦΕΣΤΑΤΟΝ, σαφεστατον
SAPHESTATON, saphestaton
Sounds Like: sah-fes-TAH-ton
Translations: clearest, most clear, most evident, a clearest thing
From the root: ΣΑΦΗΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is the superlative form of the adjective 'σαφής' (saphēs), meaning 'clear' or 'evident'. As a superlative, it means 'clearest' or 'most clear'. It is used to describe something that is extremely obvious, plain, or unmistakable. In this form, it is a neuter singular adjective, which can function as a noun meaning 'the clearest thing' or 'that which is most clear'. It can be used in sentences to emphasize the clarity or certainty of a statement or concept.
Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative or Vocative, Superlative
Strong’s number: G4680 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 12 — 7:291
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΑΦΗΣ.
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.
- ΣΑΦ — clear, distinct, plain, evident, certain, true
- ΣΑΦΕΙ — clear, plain, distinct, evident, a clear, a plain, a distinct, a evident, (to) clear, (to) plain, (to) distinct, (to) evident
- ΣΑΦΕΙΝ — to make clear, to make distinct, to explain, to clarify
- ΣΑΦΕΣ — clear, plain, evident, certain, a clear thing, the clear thing
- ΣΑΦΕΣΤΑΤΑ — most clearly, most plainly, most distinctly, very clearly, very plainly, very distinctly
- ΣΑΦΕΣΤΕΡΟΝ — clearer, plainer, more distinct, more evident, more clearly, more plainly
- ΣΑΦΗ — clear, plain, evident, distinct, a clear thing, plain things
- ΣΑΦΗΣ — clear, plain, evident, distinct, a clear, a plain, an evident, a distinct
- ΣΑΦΟΥΣ — clear, plain, distinct, evident, certain, true
- ΣΑΦΩΣ — clearly, plainly, distinctly, evidently, certainly
- ΤΟΣΑΦΕΣ — the clear, the evident, the certain, the distinct
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