ΨΗΦΙΣ, ψηφις
PSĒPHIS, psēphis
Sounds Like: PSAY-fees
Translations: vote, a vote, ballot, pebble, a pebble, decision, a decision, decree, a decree
From the root: ΨΗΦΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a small stone or pebble, which was historically used as a ballot for voting or casting lots in ancient Greece. By extension, it came to mean the vote itself, a decision, or a decree made by such a vote. It is often used in contexts of public or official decisions.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G5586 (Lookup on BibleHub)
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΨΗΦΟΣ.
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.
- ΨΗΦΙΝΟΣ — of pebbles, made of pebbles, mosaic, made of mosaic work
- ΨΗΦΙΣΤΙΚΟΝ — pertaining to voting, relating to a vote, that which is decided by vote, a voting matter, a voting decision
- ΨΗΦΟΝ — a vote, a ballot, a pebble, a stone, a calculation, a decision
- ΨΗΦΟΣ — pebble, a pebble, stone, a stone, vote, a vote, ballot, a ballot
- ΨΗΦΟΥΣ — votes, pebbles, stones, ballots
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