2001 Translation

SAPHŌS, saphōs

Sounds Like: SAH-fohs

Translations: clearly, plainly, distinctly, evidently, certainly

From the root: ΣΑΦΗΣ

Part of Speech: Adverb

Explanation: This word is an adverb that describes an action or state as being done or existing in a clear, plain, or distinct manner. It emphasizes the lack of ambiguity or obscurity in something. It can be used to indicate that something is easily understood or perceived.

Inflection: Does not inflect

Strong’s number: G4680 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Aristeas

• Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:1, 1:153, 1:159

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 4:62, 6:20

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 62:3

Codex Sinaiticus

• Habakkuk — 2:2

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 7:37, 18:127, 20:145, 22:177, 1:6, 15:149
• Book Two — 1:6, 15:149

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 1 — 2:65, 16:249
• Book 4 — 3:41, 8:180
• Book 5 — 1:118
• Book 6 — 12:263
• Book 8 — 13:327
• Book 11 — 5:170
• Book 16 — 10:338
• Book 17 — 5:91
• Book 18 — 2:38, 6:189
• Book 19 — 2:199
• Book 20 — 2:22, 3:56, 12:264

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 24:16, 26:8, 32:11
• Book Two — 7:4
• Book Three — 10:23
• Book Four — 3:35
• Book Seven — 8:84, 9:16

Life of Flavius Josephus, The

• The Life of Flavius Josephus — 65:344

Mathetes

• Letter to Diognetus — 1:1, 11:2

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Deuteronomy — 13:14, 27:8
• 2 Maccabees — 4:33
• 3 Maccabees — 4:19
• Habakkuk — 2:2

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
• ΣΑΦΟΥΣ — clear, plain, distinct, evident, certain, true
• ΤΟΣΑΦΕΣ — the clear, the evident, the certain, the distinct

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