ἈΦΕΔΡΩΝΑ, ἀφεδρωνα
APHEDRŌNA, aphedrōna
Sounds Like: ah-feh-DROH-nah
Translations: latrine, a latrine, privy, a privy, sewer, a sewer
From the root: ἈΦΕΔΡΩΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a latrine, privy, or sewer. It is a place where waste is discharged from the body. In the provided context, it is used to describe the destination of food after digestion, emphasizing that it is expelled from the body.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G0858 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 4:27
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, ἈΦΕΔΡΩΝ.
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.
- ἈΦΕΔΡΩ — (to) a latrine, (to) a privy, (to) a sewer, (to) a place of discharge, (to) a place of filth
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