ἘΜΒΟΛΑΣ, ἐμβολας
EMBOLAS, embolas
Sounds Like: em-bo-LAS
Translations: attacks, insertions, rams, beaks, prows
From the root: ἘΜΒΟΛΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a throwing in, an insertion, or an attack. It can also describe the ram or beak of a ship, used for striking other vessels. In a military context, it signifies an assault or charge. It is used as a plural noun in the accusative case.
Inflection: Accusative, Plural, Feminine
Strong’s number: G1716 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 29:277
Josephus' The Jewish War
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΜΒΟΛΗ.
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.
- ἘΜΒΟΛΑΙΣ — (to) attacks, (to) assaults, (to) charges, (to) incursions, (to) onset
- ἘΜΒΟΛΗΝ — invasion, an invasion, attack, an attack, assault, an assault, insertion, an insertion, entrance, an entrance
- ἘΜΒΟΛΗΣ — (of) an insertion, (of) an attack, (of) an invasion, (of) a landing, (of) a putting in
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