ΣΑΦΟΥΣ, σαφους
SAPHOUS, saphous
Sounds Like: sa-FOOS
Translations: clear, plain, distinct, evident, certain, true
From the root: ΣΑΦΗΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something that is clear, plain, or distinct. It can refer to something that is easily understood or perceived, or something that is certain and undeniable. It is often used to emphasize the clarity or truthfulness of a statement or situation.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Masculine or Feminine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G4585 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 19 — 1:151
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
- 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
- ΣΑΦΩΣ — clearly, plainly, distinctly, evidently, certainly
- ΤΟΣΑΦΕΣ — the clear, the evident, the certain, the distinct
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