ἈΚΡΟΠΟΛΕΩΣ, ἀκροπολεως
AKROPOLEŌS, akropoleōs
Sounds Like: ah-kro-POH-leh-ohs
Translations: of the acropolis, of an acropolis, of the citadel, of a citadel
From the root: ἈΚΡΟΠΟΛΙΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the highest and most fortified part of an ancient Greek city, often built on a hill. It served as a defensive stronghold and often contained important temples and public buildings. It is a compound word formed from 'ἄκρος' (highest, outermost) and 'πόλις' (city).
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine
Strong’s number: G0001 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 13 — 2:40
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 9:21
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 48:246
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 2 Maccabees — 4:28
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΚΡΟΠΟΛΙΣ.
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.
- ἈΚΡΟΠΟΛΕΙ — to an acropolis, in an acropolis, on an acropolis, an acropolis, acropolis
- ἈΚΡΟΠΟΛΙΣ — acropolis, a citadel, a fortress
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