ΔΙΑΔΟΧΟΣ, διαδοχος
DIADOCHOS, diadochos
Sounds Like: dee-AH-dokh-os
Translations: successor, a successor
From the root: ΔΙΑΔΟΧΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a successor, someone who takes the place of another, especially in an office, position, or lineage. It is often used to describe someone who follows in the footsteps of a predecessor, inheriting their role or responsibilities. It is a compound word formed from διά (dia, 'through, across') and δέχομαι (dechomai, 'to receive, accept').
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G1249 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Sirach — 46:1
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 18:125
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 12 — 2:43, 6:225
- Book 13 — 12:322
- Book 15 — 10:350
- Book 17 — 5:89, 5:115
- Book 18 — 2:31, 2:33, 2:35, 6:186
- Book 19 — 2:209
- Book 20 — 5:100, 5:103, 11:252
Josephus' The Jewish War
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 113:3
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Sirach — 46:1
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΙΑΔΟΧΟΣ.
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.
- ΔΙΑΔΟΧΟΙ — successors, a successor
- ΔΙΑΔΟΧΟΙΣ — successors, a successor, those who succeed
- ΔΙΑΔΟΧΟΝ — successor, a successor
- ΔΙΑΔΟΧΟΥ — of a successor, of a successor in office, of a successor to the throne
- ΔΙΑΔΟΧΟΥΣ — successors, a successor
- ΔΙΑΔΟΧΩ — (to) successor, (to) heir, (to) inheritor
- ΔΙΑΔΟΧΩΝ — of successors, of heirs, of those who follow
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