ΣΩΜΑΤΟΦΥΛΑΚΩΝ, σωματοφυλακων
SŌMATOPHYLAKŌN, sōmatophylakōn
Sounds Like: soh-MAH-toh-FY-lah-kohn
Translations: of bodyguards, of guards
From the root: ΣΩΜΑΤΟΦΥΛΑΞ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to those who guard or protect a person, typically a king or important figure. It is a compound word formed from 'σῶμα' (sōma), meaning 'body', and 'φύλαξ' (phylax), meaning 'guard' or 'keeper'. Thus, it literally means 'body-guard'. It is used to describe a group of personal protectors.
Inflection: Genitive, Plural, Masculine
Strong’s number: G4989 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 6 — 12:251, 14:372
- Book 7 — 5:110, 11:293, 14:346, 14:347, 14:352, 14:354
- Book 8 — 1:9, 2:31
- Book 10 — 10:197
- Book 11 — 3:34, 3:37
- Book 12 — 2:18
- Book 13 — 7:117
- Book 15 — 9:317
- Book 18 — 9:325
- Book 19 — 3:214, 3:221, 4:267
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 4:8
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΩΜΑΤΟΦΥΛΑΞ.
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.
- ΣΩΜΑΤΟΦΥΛΑΚΑ — bodyguard, a bodyguard
- ΣΩΜΑΤΟΦΥΛΑΚΑΣ — bodyguard, a bodyguard
- ΣΩΜΑΤΟΦΥΛΑΞΙ — to a bodyguard, to bodyguards, for a bodyguard, for bodyguards
- ΣΩΜΑΤΟΦΥΛΑΞΙΝ — (to) bodyguards, (for) bodyguards, (to) guards, (for) guards
- ΤΩΝΣΩΜΑΤΟΦΥΛΑΚΩΝ — (of) bodyguards, (of) guards, (of) personal guards
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