ἈΡΚΤΟΥ, ἀρκτου
ARKTOU, arktou
Sounds Like: ARK-too
Translations: of a bear, of the Great Bear, of the North, of the north wind
From the root: ΑΡΚΤΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word is the genitive singular form of the noun 'ἄρκτος' (arktos), which means 'bear'. It can refer to the animal itself, or metaphorically to the constellation Ursa Major (the Great Bear), which is prominent in the northern sky. Due to its association with the northern constellation, it can also refer to the direction 'north' or even the 'north wind'. In a sentence, it would indicate possession or origin related to a bear, the constellation, or the northern direction.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine
Strong’s number: G705 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Seven — 6:7
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΡΚΤΟΣ.
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.
- ἈΡΚΟΙΣ — to bears, with bears, among bears, bears
- ἈΡΚΟΝ — bear, a bear
- ἈΡΚΟΥ — of a bear, of the bear
- ἈΡΚΤΟΝ — bear, a bear, the North, (to) the North
- ἈΡΚΤΟΣ — bear, a bear
- ἈΡΚΤΩ — bear, a bear
- ἈΡΚΤΩΝ — of bears
- ΑΡΚΤΟΣ — bear, a bear
- ΑΡΚΤΩ — to a bear, for a bear
- ΑΡΚΤΩΝ — (of) bears, (of) the Great Bear, (of) the Little Bear, (of) the North
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