2001 Translation

CHROAS, chroas

Sounds Like: KHRO-as

Translations: of skin, of color, of appearance, of complexion

From the root: ΧΡΟΑ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to the skin, complexion, or color of a person or object. It can also denote the general appearance or outward aspect. In the provided examples, it is used in the genitive case, indicating possession or relation, such as 'the color of the skin' or 'the change of the complexion'.

Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine

Strong’s number: G5559 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 10 — 10:191

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Four — 8:39

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• 2 Maccabees — 3:16

The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables

• Parable 9 — 4:5, 4:8

From the same root

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

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.

• ΧΡΟΑ — skin, a skin, surface, a surface, color, a color
• ΧΡΟΑΝ — skin, a skin, surface, a surface, color, a color

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