ἘΜΕΣΗΣ, ἐμεσης
EMESĒS, emesēs
Sounds Like: eh-MEH-sees
Translations: of Emesa
From the root: ΕΜΕΣΑ
Part of Speech: Proper Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the city of Emesa, an ancient city located in modern-day Syria, now known as Homs. It is used here in the genitive case, indicating possession or origin, often translated as 'of Emesa'.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Seven — 7:8
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΜΕΣΑ.
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.
- ἘΜΕΣΩΝ — of Emesa
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