ΣΤΙΦΟΣΕἸΣ, στιφοσεἰς
STIPHOSEIS, stiphoseis
Sounds Like: STEE-foh-sais
Translations: a dense mass, a close body of men, a throng, a crowd, a band, a troop
From the root: ΣΤΙΦΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a dense mass or a close body of people, often used in a military context to describe a troop or a band of soldiers. It can also refer to a general crowd or throng. In the provided context, it likely refers to a military formation or a body of troops.
Inflection: Plural, Dative, Masculine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G4769 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΤΙΦΟΣ.
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.
- ΣΤΙΦΕΙ — to a dense mass, to a close body, to a compact body, to a crowd, to a throng, to a band, to a company
- ΣΤΙΦΗ — crowd, a crowd, throng, a throng, band, a band, company, a company, body, a body
- ΣΤΙΦΟΣ — crowd, a crowd, throng, a throng, band, a band, company, a company, body, a body
- ΣΤΙΦΟΣἘΞΕΘΕΟΝ — crowd, a crowd, throng, a throng, band, a band, troop, a troop
- ΣΤΙΦΟΥΣ — of a crowd, of a throng, of a band, of a company, of a body
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