ἘΠΙΚΟΥΡΟΙ, ἐπικουροι
EPIKOUROI, epikouroi
Sounds Like: eh-pee-KOO-roy
Translations: auxiliaries, helpers, allies, assistants
From the root: ΕΠΙΚΟΥΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to those who provide aid or assistance, often in a military context, such as auxiliary troops or allies. It can also refer to general helpers or assistants. It is a compound word formed from 'ἐπί' (upon, in addition to) and 'κοῦρος' (youth, young man, often implying a servant or helper).
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Vocative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G1948 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 1:42
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΙΚΟΥΡΟΣ.
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.
- ἘΠΙΚΟΥΡΕΙΟΣ — Epicurean, of Epicurus
- ἘΠΙΚΟΥΡΙΚΟΝ — auxiliary, a helper, helpful, a helping force
- ἘΠΙΚΟΥΡΟΝ — helper, an helper, assistant, an assistant, ally, an ally
- ἘΠΙΚΟΥΡΟΥΣ — helpers, allies, assistants
- ΕΠΙΚΟΥΡΟΣ — helper, an ally, an assistant, a supporter
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