ἈΡΧΑΙΩ, ἀρχαιω
ARCHAIŌ, archaiō
Sounds Like: ar-KHAH-ee-oh
Translations: ancient, old, former, of old, of ancient times
From the root: ἈΡΧΑΙ͂ΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something as being ancient, old, or from a former time. It is often used to refer to things that existed or happened long ago, such as ancient days or old traditions. In the provided examples, it modifies nouns like 'days' and 'generations', indicating that they are from a distant past.
Inflection: Genitive, Plural, Masculine or Feminine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G0744 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 4:12
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Acts — 21:16
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΡΧΑΙ͂ΟΣ.
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.
- ἈΡΧΑΙΟΤΕΡΑΝ — older, more ancient, more original, more primitive
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