ΦΙΛΟΠΟΝΩΣ, φιλοπονως
PHILOPONŌS, philoponōs
Sounds Like: fee-lo-PO-nos
Translations: diligently, laboriously, industriously, assiduously
From the root: ΦΙΛΟΠΟΝΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adverb
Explanation: This word is an adverb meaning 'diligently' or 'laboriously'. It describes an action performed with great effort, care, and persistence. It implies a love of hard work or a commitment to a task, often used to commend someone's thoroughness or dedication.
Inflection: Does not inflect
Strong’s number: G5387 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΙΛΟΠΟΝΟΣ.
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.
- ΦΙΛΟΠΟΝΟΝ — industrious, laborious, diligent, hard-working
- ΦΙΛΟΠΟΝΟΥΣ — labor-loving, industrious, diligent, laborious, hard-working
- ΦΙΛΟΠΟΝΩΤΑΤΗ — most diligent, most laborious, most fond of toil, a most diligent, a most laborious, a most fond of toil
- ΦΙΛΟΠΟΝΩΤΑΤΟΣ — most industrious, most diligent, most hard-working, most laborious, most painstaking
- ΦΙΛΟΠΟΝΩΤΕΡΟΝ — more laborious, more industrious, more diligent, more painstaking, a more laborious thing, more industriously, more diligently
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