ΣΦΕΤΕΡΟΣ, σφετερος
SPHETEROS, spheteros
Sounds Like: sfeh-TEH-ros
Translations: their own, his own, her own, its own
From the root: ΣΦΕΤΕΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This adjective indicates possession, specifically emphasizing that something belongs to the subject of the clause, often a third person (singular or plural). It is a possessive adjective meaning 'one's own' or 'their own', distinguishing it from simple possessive pronouns. It can be used to emphasize that the ownership is intrinsic or exclusive to the subject.
Inflection: Nominative, Masculine, Singular
Strong’s number: G5469 (Lookup on BibleHub)
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΦΕΤΕΡΟΣ.
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.
- ΣΦΕΤΕΡΑ — their own, their, their own things
- ΣΦΕΤΕΡΑΝ — their own, their
- ΣΦΕΤΕΡΑΣ — of their own, their own, of their, their
- ΣΦΕΤΕΡΟΙ — their own, their
- ΣΦΕΤΕΡΟΙΣ — (to) their own, (for) their own, (to) their, (for) their
- ΣΦΕΤΕΡΟΝ — their own, their, his own, his, her own, her, its own, its
- ΣΦΕΤΕΡΟΥ — of their own, their own
- ΣΦΕΤΕΡΟΥΣ — their own, their
- ΣΦΕΤΕΡΩ — their own, his own, her own, its own
- ΣΦΕΤΕΡΩΝ — of their own, of their, of their own people, of their own things
- ΤΟΥΣΣΦΕΤΕΡΟΥΣ — their own, their
- ΤΩΝΣΦΕΤΕΡΩΝ — of their own, their own
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