ΦΟΡΕΙΟΝ, φορειον
PHOREION, phoreion
Sounds Like: for-EH-on
Translations: litter, a litter, stretcher, a stretcher, sedan chair, a sedan chair, palanquin, a palanquin
From the root: ΦΟΡΕΙΟΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a portable couch or chair, often with poles, used for carrying a person, especially one who is sick or injured, or a person of importance. It is typically carried by two or more people. It can be translated as a litter, stretcher, sedan chair, or palanquin.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G5403 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 19 — 3:222
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Song of Solomon — 3:9
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΟΡΕΙΟΝ.
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.
- ΦΟΡΕΙΟΥ — of a litter, of a bier, of a stretcher, a litter, a bier, a stretcher
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