2001 Translation

CHERSOS, chersos

Sounds Like: KHER-sos

Translations: dry, dry land, desert, desolate, a desert, a desolate place

From the root: ΧΕΡΣΟΣ

Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun

Explanation: This word refers to something that is dry, parched, or desolate. It can describe land that is barren or uncultivated, often implying a lack of water or vegetation. It can be used as an adjective to describe a 'dry land' or as a noun meaning 'a desert' or 'a desolate place'.

Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine

Strong’s number: G5507 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Codex Sinaiticus

• Wisdom — 10:7
• Isaiah — 7:24

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Wisdom — 10:7
• Isaiah — 7:24

From the same root

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

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.

• ΧΕΡΣΑΙΩΝ — of land-dwelling, of dry-land, of land-based
• ΧΕΡΣΕΑ — dry, dry land, arid, parched
• ΧΕΡΣΟΝ — dry land, a dry land, dry ground, a dry ground, desert, a desert, wilderness, a wilderness
• ΧΕΡΣΟΥ — of dry land, of dry ground, of land, of ground

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