ΦΙΛΟΠΟΝΟΣ, φιλοπονος
PHILOPONOS, philoponos
Sounds Like: fee-LO-po-nos
Translations: industrious, diligent, laborious, fond of toil
From the root: ΦΙΛΟΣ, ΠΟΝΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This is a compound word formed from 'philos' (loving) and 'ponos' (toil, labor). It describes someone who is fond of work, diligent, or industrious, implying a positive attitude towards effort and hard work. It can be used to commend someone's dedication.
Inflection: Nominative, Singular, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G5388 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 1:15
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 65:338
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΙΛΟΣ, ΠΟΝΟΣ.
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.
- ΦΙΛΟΠΟΝΙΑ — love of labor, diligence, industry, hard work, a love of labor, a diligence, an industry, a hard work
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