2001 Translation

STORGĒ, storgē

Sounds Like: stor-GAY

Translations: natural affection, a natural affection, family love, parental love

From the root: ΣΤΟΡΓΗ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to natural affection, especially the love felt within a family, such as the love between parents and children, or between siblings. It describes an instinctive, deep-seated bond of affection. It is often used to describe the kind of love that is not based on choice or romantic attraction, but on kinship and natural ties.

Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G4746 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Codex Sinaiticus

• 4 Maccabees — 14:13, 14:17

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 2 — 2:10
• Book 4 — 6:134

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• 4 Maccabees — 14:13, 14:17

From the same root

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

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.

• ΣΤΟΡΓΑΙ — affections, loves, natural affection, family love
• ΣΤΟΡΓΑΣ — of natural affection, of familial love, of affection, of love
• ΣΤΟΡΓΗΝ — affection, love, natural affection, an affection, a love
• ΣΤΟΡΓΗΣ — of affection, of love, of natural affection, of family love

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