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ΣΠΟΥΔΑΙΟΤΕΡΟΣ, σπουδαιοτερος

SPOUDAIOTEROS, spoudaioteros

Sounds Like: spoo-DAI-oh-teh-ross

Translations: more diligent, more earnest, more zealous, more eager, more important, more serious

From the root: ΣΠΟΥΔΑΙΟΣ

Part of Speech: Adjective

Explanation: This word is a comparative adjective, meaning 'more diligent' or 'more earnest'. It describes something or someone as having a greater degree of diligence, zeal, or importance compared to another. It can be used to describe a person's character or the significance of a matter.

Inflection: Masculine, Singular, Nominative, Comparative Degree

Strong’s number: G4705 (Lookup on BibleHub)


Instances

Codex Sinaiticus
  • 2 Corinthians — 8:17
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
  • 2 Corinthians — 8:17

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΠΟΥΔΑΙΟΣ.

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.

  • ΣΠΟΥΔΑΙΑ — diligent, earnest, eager, zealous, important, serious, a diligent thing, an important thing, diligent things, important things
  • ΣΠΟΥΔΑΙΑΣ — diligent, earnest, zealous, serious, important, a serious, an important
  • ΣΠΟΥΔΑΙΟΙ — diligent, zealous, earnest, eager, serious, important, a serious one, an important one
  • ΣΠΟΥΔΑΙΟΝ — diligent, earnest, eager, important, serious, valuable, a diligent thing, an important thing
  • ΣΠΟΥΔΑΙΟΣ — diligent, earnest, zealous, eager, serious, important, a diligent one, an earnest one
  • ΣΠΟΥΔΑΙΟΤΕΡΟΝ — more diligent, more earnest, more zealous, more important, more serious, more quickly, more eagerly, more carefully
  • ΣΠΟΥΔΑΙΟΤΕΡΩΣ — more diligently, more earnestly, more zealously, more eagerly, more carefully
  • ΣΠΟΥΔΑΙΟΥΣ — diligent, earnest, zealous, eager, important, serious, diligent ones, earnest ones, important ones
  • ΣΠΟΥΔΑΙΩΣ — diligently, earnestly, eagerly, zealously, carefully, with haste
  • ΣΠΟΥΔΕΟΣ — diligent, zealous, earnest, eager, careful, assiduous

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