ἈΣΤΕΟΣΜΗΔΕΝ, ἀστεοσμηδεν
ASTEOSMĒDEN, asteosmēden
Sounds Like: as-TEH-os-MAY-den
Translations: nothing of a city, no city thing, nothing urban
From the root: ΑΣΤΥ, ΜΗΔΕΙΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This is a compound word formed from 'ἈΣΤΕΟΣ' (asteos), the genitive singular of 'ΑΣΤΥ' (asty), meaning 'city' or 'town', and 'ΜΗΔΕΝ' (mēden), the neuter nominative/accusative singular of 'ΜΗΔΕΙΣ' (mēdeis), meaning 'no one' or 'nothing'. The combined word means 'nothing of a city' or 'no city thing', implying something that is not urban or does not pertain to a city. It would be used to describe something completely lacking in urban characteristics or relevance.
Inflection: Compound word, 'ἈΣΤΕΟΣ' is Genitive Singular, Neuter; 'ΜΗΔΕΝ' is Nominative or Accusative Singular, Neuter
Strong’s numbers: G0799 (Lookup on BibleHub), G3367 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Six — 7:7
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΣΤΥ, ΜΗΔΕΙΣ.
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.
- ΑΣΤΕΟΣΜΗΔΕΝ — of no city, of no town, belonging to no city, belonging to no town, nothing of a city, nothing of a town
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