ΤΩΝΠΑΣΤΟΦΟΡΙΩΝ, τωνπαστοφοριων
TŌNPASTOPHORIŌN, tōnpastophoriōn
Sounds Like: TON-pas-toh-foh-REE-ohn
Translations: of the chambers, of the side-chambers, of the pastophoria, of the priests' chambers
From the root: ΠΑΣΤΟΦΟΡΙΟΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This is a compound word, formed from 'παστός' (pastos), meaning 'bridal chamber' or 'curtained room', and 'φέρω' (pherō), meaning 'to bear' or 'to carry'. It refers to a chamber or room, often specifically a side-chamber or cell within a temple or sacred building, where priests or temple attendants might reside or store sacred items. It can also refer to the attendants themselves, but in this form, it refers to the chambers.
Inflection: Plural, Genitive, Neuter
Strong’s number: G3999 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 9:97
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΑΣΤΟΦΟΡΙΟΝ.
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.
- ΠΑΣΤΟΦΟΡΙΟΙΣ — (to) chambers, (to) cells, (to) rooms
- ΠΑΣΤΟΦΟΡΙΟΝ — chamber, a chamber, cell, a cell, treasury, a treasury, storeroom, a storeroom
- ΠΑΣΤΟΦΟΡΙΟΥ — of a chamber, of a storehouse, of a treasury, of a cell
- ΠΑΣΤΟΦΟΡΙΩΝ — of chambers, of cells, of storerooms, of side-chambers
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