ἘΡΕΙΠΙΑ, ἐρειπια
EREIPIA, ereipia
Sounds Like: eh-REH-pee-ah
Translations: ruins, a ruin
From the root: ἘΡΕΙΠΙΟΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the remains of something that has fallen down or been destroyed, such as buildings or cities. It is typically used in the plural to describe a collection of such remains. It can be used as the subject of a sentence (nominative) or the direct object (accusative).
Inflection: Plural, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G2058 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 4:23
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 1:27
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΡΕΙΠΙΟΝ.
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.
- ΤΟΙΣἘΡΕΙΠΙΟΙΣ — (to) the ruins, (to) the debris
- ΤΩΝἘΡΕΙΠΙΩΝ — (of) ruins, (of) a ruin, (of) debris, (of) a heap of ruins
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