ΣΑΦΕΣΤΕΡΟΝ, σαφεστερον
SAPHESTERON, saphesteron
Sounds Like: sah-fes-TEH-ron
Translations: clearer, plainer, more distinct, more evident, more clearly, more plainly
From the root: ΣΑΦΗΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Adverb
Explanation: This word is the comparative form of the adjective 'σαφής' (saphēs), meaning 'clear' or 'plain'. It indicates a greater degree of clarity or plainness. It can function as an adjective, modifying a noun, or as an adverb, modifying a verb or another adjective, to describe something as being 'more clearly' or 'more plainly' understood or done.
Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative; or Adverbial
Strong’s number: G4680 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:76
Codex Sinaiticus
- 4 Maccabees — 3:6
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Justin Martyr
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 4 Maccabees — 3:6
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
- ΣΑΦΕΣΤΑΤΟΝ — clearest, most clear, most evident, a clearest thing
- 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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