ἈΜΦΟΤΕΡΑ, ἀμφοτερα
AMPHOTERA, amphotera
Sounds Like: am-FOH-teh-rah
Translations: both
From the root: ἈΜΦΟΤΕΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word means 'both' and refers to two things or two groups. It is a compound word formed from 'ἀμφί' (on both sides, around) and 'ἕτερος' (other, different). It is used to indicate that something applies to or includes two distinct entities or categories. For example, it can be used to say 'both hands' or 'both sides'.
Inflection: Neuter, Plural, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G0297 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:64
Clement of Rome
- Clement’s First Letter — 42:2
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 22:198
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 11:206
- Book 3 — 4:72
- Book 6 — 13:286
- Book 8 — 1:6, 2:31, 11:268
- Book 13 — 7:94
- Book 16 — 11:399
- Book 18 — 2:43, 8:267
- Book 19 — 1:137, 2:196
- Book 20 — 8:176
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 10:64
Justin Martyr
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Exodus — 26:19, 26:21, 26:25
- Numbers — 7:13, 7:19, 7:25, 7:31, 7:37, 7:43, 7:49, 7:55, 7:61, 7:67, 7:73, 7:79
- Deuteronomy — 23:18
- 1 Samuel — 3:11, 5:4
- 1 Kings — 6:26, 7:27, 7:28
- 2 Kings — 21:12
- Proverbs — 20:13, 20:15
- Wisdom — 14:30
- Sirach — 18:17, 28:12, 40:18, 40:19, 40:20, 40:21, 40:22, 40:23, 40:24, 40:25, 40:26
- Daniel (Theodotion) — 8:7
The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 5 — 7:4
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
Twelve Disciples
- The Didache — 7:3
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΜΦΟΤΕΡΟΣ.
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.
- ἈΜΦΟΤΕΡΑΙΣ — (to) both, (for) both
- ἈΜΦΟΤΕΡΑΣ — both, both (of)
- ἈΜΦΟΤΕΡΟΙΣ — both, to both, for both
- ἈΜΦΟΤΕΡΟΥΣ — both
- ἈΜΦΟΤΕΡΩΝ — (of) both, (of) both parties, (of) both sides
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