2001 Translation

PHLEB, phleb

Sounds Like: FLEB

Translations: veins, arteries, blood vessels

From the root: ΦΛΕΨ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word is an inflected form of the Koine Greek noun ΦΛΕΨ (phleps), which means 'vein' or 'artery'. In the provided context, 'ΦΛΕΒ' appears to be a truncated or incomplete form of the accusative plural 'ΦΛΕΒΑΣ', meaning 'veins' or 'arteries'. It refers to the tubular vessels that carry blood throughout the body. It can be used in medical or anatomical contexts, or metaphorically to refer to the 'channels' or 'sources' of something.

Inflection: Plural, Accusative, Feminine (truncated form of ΦΛΕΒΑΣ)

Strong’s number: G5358 (Lookup on BibleHub)

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From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΛΕΨ.

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.

• ΦΛΕΒΑ — vein, a vein, artery, an artery, channel, a channel, stream, a stream
• ΦΛΕΒΑΣ — vein, a vein, artery, a artery, channel, a channel
• ΦΛΕΒΩΝ — of veins, of blood vessels
• ΦΛΕΨ — vein, artery, blood vessel

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