ΦΑΙΔΡΟΝ, φαιδρον
PHAIDRON, phaidron
Sounds Like: FAI-dron
Translations: bright, radiant, cheerful, a bright thing, a radiant thing, a cheerful thing
From the root: ΦΑΙΔΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something as bright, radiant, or cheerful. It can refer to a physical brightness, like a shining object, or a metaphorical brightness, such as a joyful or happy disposition. It is often used to describe a face or appearance that is full of light or cheer.
Inflection: Neuter, Singular, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G5338 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 1:4
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΑΙΔΡΟΣ.
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.
- ΦΑΙΔΡΟΙ — bright, cheerful, radiant, joyful, glad, happy
- ΦΑΙΔΡΟΣ — bright, radiant, shining, cheerful, joyful, splendid
- ΦΑΙΔΡΟΤΕΡΟΝ — brighter, more cheerful, more radiant, a brighter thing
- ΦΕΔΡΟΙ — bright, cheerful, joyful, radiant, glad, a bright one, a cheerful one
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