ἈΡΧΑΙΩΝ, ἀρχαιων
ARCHAIŌN, archaiōn
Sounds Like: ar-KHAH-ee-ohn
Translations: (of) ancient, (of) old, (of) former times, (of) primeval
From the root: ΑΡΧΑΙΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something that is ancient, old, or belonging to former times. It refers to things that existed long ago or are from a distant past. It is often used to describe customs, traditions, or events from antiquity.
Inflection: Genitive, Plural, Masculine, Feminine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G0744 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Rome
- Clement’s First Letter — 5:1
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
Polycarp of Smyrna
- Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 1:2
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Judges — 5:21
- 1 Kings — 2:35, 4:26
- Psalms — 78:8, 142:5
- Psalms of Solomon — 18:14
- Sirach — 16:7, 39:1
- Isaiah — 37:26
- Lamentations — 1:7, 2:17
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΡΧΑΙΟΣ.
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.
- ἈΡΧΑΙΑΙΣ — ancient, old, former, original
- ἈΡΧΑΙΑΝ — ancient, old, former, a former, an ancient
- ἈΡΧΑΙΑΣ — ancient, old, former, of old
- ἈΡΧΑΙΟΙΣ — ancient, old, former, of old
- ἈΡΧΑΙΟΝ — ancient, old, former, an ancient thing, an old thing
- ἈΡΧΑΙΟΤΑΤΑ — most ancient, oldest, very old, most primitive
- ἈΡΧΑΙΟΤΑΤΑΙΣ — most ancient, oldest, (to) most ancient, (to) oldest
- ἈΡΧΑΙΟΤΑΤΗΝ — most ancient, the most ancient, oldest, the oldest
- ἈΡΧΑΙΟΤΑΤΟΝ — most ancient, oldest, most primitive, most original
- ἈΡΧΑΙΟΤΑΤΟΥΣ — most ancient, oldest, most original, most primitive
- ἈΡΧΑΙΟΤΕΡΟΣ — older, more ancient, more original, an older, a more ancient, a more original
- ἈΡΧΑΙΟΤΕΡΩΝ — of older, of more ancient, of former, of older things, of more ancient things
- ἈΡΧΑΙΟΤΗΤΑ — antiquity, an antiquity, ancientness, oldness
- ἈΡΧΑΙΟΥΣ — ancient, old, former, the ancients, old ones
- ΑΡΧΑΙΑ — old, ancient, former, things of old, old things
- ΑΡΧΑΙΑΙΣ — to ancient, to old, to former, to original
- ΑΡΧΑΙΑΝ — ancient, old, former, original, a former, an ancient
- ΑΡΧΑΙΑΣ — ancient, old, former, of old
- ΑΡΧΑΙΟΙΣ — (to) ancient, (to) old, (to) former, (to) original
- ΑΡΧΑΙΟΝ — ancient, old, former, original, primitive
- ΑΡΧΑΙΟΣ — ancient, old, former, original, a former, an ancient
- ΑΡΧΑΙΟΤΗΤΑ — antiquity, ancientness, oldness, an antiquity
- ΑΡΧΑΙΟΥ — (of) ancient, (of) old, (of) former, (of) original
- ΑΡΧΑΙΩ — ancient, old, former, primitive, of old, of ancient times
- ΑΡΧΑΙΩΝ — of ancient, of old, of former times, of the ancients, of those of old
- ΑΡΧΕΑΝ — ancient, old, original, a former, a primitive
- ΑΡΧΕΩΝ — ancient, old, former, of old, from old, of ancient times
- ΤἈΡΧΑΙΑ — the ancient things, the old things, the things of old, the former things
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