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ΦΡΟΥΡΑΡΧΟΣ, φρουραρχος

PHROURARCHOS, phrourarchos

Sounds Like: froo-RAR-khos

Translations: commander of a garrison, garrison commander, a commander of a garrison

From the root: ΦΡΟΥΡΑΡΧΟΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This is a compound noun formed from 'φρουρά' (phroura), meaning 'guard' or 'garrison', and 'ἄρχος' (archos), meaning 'leader' or 'commander'. It refers to the officer in charge of a military garrison or a fortress. It is used to describe the person who commands the troops stationed in a particular place.

Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine

Strong’s number: G5437 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
  • Book One — 2:5

From the same root

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

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.

  • ΦΡΟΥΡΑΡΧΟΙΣ — to guard commanders, for guard commanders, by guard commanders, with guard commanders, at guard commanders, in guard commanders
  • ΦΡΟΥΡΑΡΧΟΝ — commander of a garrison, garrison commander, a commander of a garrison
  • ΦΡΟΥΡΑΡΧΟΥ — of a garrison commander, of a commander of a guard, of a captain of a guard
  • ΦΡΟΥΡΑΡΧΟΥΣ — commanders of a garrison, garrison commanders, a commander of a garrison
  • ΦΡΟΥΡΑΡΧΩΝ — of garrison commanders, of commanders of a garrison

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