ἘΠΙΓΑΜΙΑΣ, ἐπιγαμιας
EPIGAMIAS, epigamias
Sounds Like: eh-pee-ga-MEE-as
Translations: of intermarriage, of marriage alliance, of marriage
From the root: ΕΠΙΓΑΜΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the act of intermarriage or a marriage alliance, often implying a union between different groups or families for strategic or social reasons. It describes the state or practice of marrying outside one's immediate group or forming alliances through marriage. It is typically used in contexts discussing social or political relationships established through marital ties.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine
Strong’s number: G1916 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Joshua — 23:12
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΙΓΑΜΙΑ.
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.
- ἘΠΙΓΑΜΙΑΝ — intermarriage, right of intermarriage, a marriage, a right to marry
- ΕΠΙΓΑΜΙΑ — intermarriage, right of intermarriage, marriage
- ΕΠΙΓΑΜΙΑΣ — of intermarriage, of marriage, of connubium
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