2001 Translation

EMBOLĒS, embolēs

Sounds Like: em-bo-LEES

Translations: (of) an insertion, (of) an attack, (of) an invasion, (of) a landing, (of) a putting in

From the root: ἘΜΒΟΛΗ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to the act of putting something into something else, or the act of entering or invading a place. It can describe a physical insertion, a military attack or invasion, or the act of landing a ship. It is a compound word formed from 'ἐν' (in) and 'βάλλω' (to throw).

Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine

Strong’s number: G1717 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Seven — 8:60

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• 3 Maccabees — 4:7

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
• ἘΜΒΟΛΑΣ — attacks, insertions, rams, beaks, prows
• ἘΜΒΟΛΗΝ — invasion, an invasion, attack, an attack, assault, an assault, insertion, an insertion, entrance, an entrance

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