2001 Translation

CHERSOU, chersou

Sounds Like: KHER-soo

Translations: of dry land, of dry ground, of land, of ground

From the root: ΧΕΡΣΟΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to dry land or dry ground, as opposed to water. It is typically used to describe land that is uncultivated, barren, or desolate. In the provided examples, it is used in contexts related to agriculture or neglect, implying land that is not productive or is overgrown with thorns and weeds.

Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine

Strong’s number: G5507 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Codex Sinaiticus

• Isaiah — 7:25

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Isaiah — 7:25

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
• ΧΕΡΣΟΣ — dry, dry land, desert, desolate, a desert, a desolate place

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