ἘΠΙΧΩΡΙΟΝ, ἐπιχωριον
EPICHŌRION, epichōrion
Sounds Like: ep-ee-KHO-ree-on
Translations: native, local, indigenous, a native, a local
From the root: ἘΠΙΧΩΡΙΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something or someone that is native to a particular place or country, or that is local to a specific region. It is a compound word formed from 'ἐπί' (upon, over) and 'χώρα' (country, land, region), literally meaning 'upon the land'. It is used to distinguish something or someone as belonging to the place in question, as opposed to being foreign or from elsewhere.
Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G2036 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 2 — 11:259
- Book 3 — 8:197
- Book 4 — 6:139
- Book 7 — 1:10, 4:80
- Book 8 — 3:95
- Book 12 — 3:140
- Book 15 — 3:39
- Book 18 — 9:344
- Book 20 — 12:263
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, ἘΠΙΧΩΡΙΟΣ.
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.
- ἘΠΙΧΩΡΙΑ — native, local, belonging to the country, a native (woman), a local (woman)
- ἘΠΙΧΩΡΙΑΙΣ — (to) local, (to) native, (to) indigenous
- ἘΠΙΧΩΡΙΟΙ — native, local, indigenous, natives, local inhabitants
- ἘΠΙΧΩΡΙΟΙΣ — local, native, indigenous, a local, a native
- ἘΠΙΧΩΡΙΩΝ — (of) natives, (of) local inhabitants, (of) people of the country
- ἘΠΙΧΩΡΙΩΣ — locally, in the country, in the region, regionally, provincially
- ΤΟΙΣἘΠΙΧΩΡΙΟΙΣ — to the local, for the local, to the native, for the native, to the inhabitants, for the inhabitants
- ΤΟΥΣἘΠΙΧΩΡΙΟΥΣ — the local, the native, the inhabitants, the people of the country
- ΤΩΝἘΠΙΧΩΡΙΩΝ — of the local, of the native, of the inhabitants, of the people of the country
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