ἈΡΧΙΣΩΜΑΤΟΦΥΛΑΚΑ, ἀρχισωματοφυλακα
ARCHISŌMATOPHYLAKA, archisōmatophylaka
Sounds Like: ar-khee-soh-ma-toh-PHY-la-ka
Translations: chief bodyguard, a chief bodyguard, captain of the guard, a captain of the guard
From the root: ΑΡΧΙΣΩΜΑΤΟΦΥΛΑΞ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This is a compound word meaning 'chief bodyguard' or 'captain of the guard'. It refers to the commander or head of a group of bodyguards or palace guards. It is used to describe a high-ranking official responsible for the personal safety of a ruler or important person.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G0750 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 12 — 2:50
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 1 Samuel — 28:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΡΧΙΣΩΜΑΤΟΦΥΛΑΞ.
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.
- ἈΡΧΙΣΩΜΑΤΟΦΥΛΑΚΕΣ — chief bodyguards, chief guards, captains of the guard
- ἈΡΧΙΣΩΜΑΤΟΦΥΛΑΚΩΝ — of the chief bodyguard, of the chief of the bodyguards, of the captain of the guard
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