ΤΑΦΡΟΝ, ταφρον
TAPHRON, taphron
Sounds Like: TAF-ron
Translations: trench, a trench, ditch, a ditch, moat, a moat
From the root: ΤΑΦΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to an excavation in the ground, typically a long, narrow one, such as a trench, ditch, or moat. It is often used in a military context to describe defensive earthworks around a city or camp, or simply a channel for water.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G5010 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
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, ΤΑΦΡΟΣ.
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.
- ΤΑΦΡΕΥΘΗ — it was trenched, it was ditched, it was dug around, it was surrounded by a ditch
- ΤΑΦΡΟΣ — ditch, a ditch, trench, a trench, moat, a moat
- ΤΑΦΡΟΥ — of a ditch, of a trench, of a moat, a ditch, a trench, a moat
- ΤΑΦΡΩ — trench, a trench, ditch, a ditch, (to) a trench, (in) a trench, (with) a trench
- ΤΗΣΤΑΦΡΟΥ — (of the) ditch, (of the) trench, (of the) moat
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