ἈΠΕΙΡΩ, ἀπειρω
APEIRŌ, apeirō
Sounds Like: ah-PEI-roh
Translations: unknown, untried, inexperienced, boundless, infinite, ignorant, a novice, of the inexperienced, to the unknown
From the root: ἈΠΕΙΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This word describes something that is without experience, untried, or boundless. As an adjective, it can modify a noun, such as 'an unknown land'. When used as a substantive adjective, it can refer to 'those who are inexperienced' or 'novices'. It is a compound word formed from the negative prefix 'ἀ-' (a-, meaning 'not' or 'without') and 'πεῖρα' (peira, meaning 'trial' or 'experience').
Inflection: Dative, Singular, Feminine (when modifying a feminine noun like 'γῇ'); Genitive, Plural, Masculine or Feminine (when used as a substantive noun, e.g., 'of the inexperienced ones')
Strong’s number: G0550 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 8 — 11:278
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Jeremiah — 2:6
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΠΕΙΡΟΣ.
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.
- ἈΠΕΙΡΟΙ — unexperienced, unskilled, ignorant, unacquainted, infinite, boundless, countless
- ἈΠΕΙΡΟΝΤΙ — (to) infinite, (to) boundless, (to) countless, (to) immense, (to) immeasurable
- ἈΠΕΙΡΟΣ — inexperienced, ignorant, unacquainted, without experience, unversed, boundless, infinite
- ἈΠΕΙΡΟΥΣ — boundless, countless, infinite, immense, without experience, inexperienced
- ἈΠΕΙΡΩΣ — without experience, unskillfully, ignorantly
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