ΤΟΦΡΟΥΡΙΟΝ, τοφρουριον
TOPHROURION, tophrourion
Sounds Like: toh-PHROO-ree-on
Translations: the fortress, a fortress, the prison, a prison, the garrison, a garrison
From the root: ΦΡΟΥΡΙΟΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a fortified place, such as a fortress, a stronghold, or a prison. It can also refer to the garrison or guard stationed in such a place. It is used to describe a place of security or confinement.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G5432 (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, ΦΡΟΥΡΙΟΝ.
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.
- ΟΥΡΙΟΝ — fortress, a fortress, stronghold, a stronghold, castle, a castle
- ΦΡΟΥΡΙ — fortress, a fortress, stronghold, a stronghold, garrison, a garrison
- ΦΡΟΥΡΙΑ — fortresses, garrisons, guard posts
- ΦΡΟΥΡΙΟΙΣ — to a fortress, to fortresses, to a garrison, to garrisons, in a fortress, in fortresses, in a garrison, in garrisons
- ΦΡΟΥΡΙΟΝ — fortress, a fortress, stronghold, a stronghold, garrison, a garrison
- ΦΡΟΥΡΙΟΥ — of a garrison, of a fortress, of a stronghold, of a guard, of a prison
- ΦΡΟΥΡΙΩΝ — of a fortress, of a garrison, of a guard-post, of a stronghold, of a prison
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