ἘΦΟΔΟΝ, ἐφοδον
EPHODON, ephodon
Sounds Like: EH-fo-don
Translations: attack, assault, approach, a visit, an incursion, a going to
From the root: ΕΦΟΔΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word is a compound noun, formed from the preposition 'ἐπί' (upon, to) and 'ὁδός' (way, road). It refers to a going to or an approach, often with the connotation of an attack or assault, especially in a military context. It can also mean a visit or an incursion. It is used to describe the act of moving towards something or someone, often with a specific purpose.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G2198 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- To the Newly Baptized — 1:5
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 2 — 10:244
- Book 4 — 1:7
- Book 5 — 1:9, 8:313
- Book 6 — 13:280
- Book 8 — 11:274
- Book 9 — 3:31, 3:38
- Book 12 — 9:355, 9:369
- Book 13 — 10:271, 15:390
- Book 15 — 5:125, 5:139
- Book 17 — 6:157
- Book 19 — 1:118
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 3:8, 7:20, 9:3, 17:3, 20:10
- Book Two — 15:4, 18:51
- Book Three — 2:6, 7:1, 8:22
- Book Four — 2:3, 8:12
- Book Five — 3:13, 12:2
- Book Six — 2:66, 4:28
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 49:253
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΦΟΔΟΣ.
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.
- ἘΦΟΔΟΥΣ — attack, assault, approach, access, a visit, an incursion
- ἘΦΟΔΩ — to a way, to a journey, to a visit, to an attack, to an approach, to a way of access, to a way in
- ΕΦΟΔΟΣ — approach, a coming, an attack, an invasion, a way in
- ΕΦΟΔΩ — (to) a way, (to) a journey, (to) a road, (to) an approach, (to) an attack, (to) an invasion
- ΕΦΩΔ — approach, a way, a journey, a going
- ΕΦΩΔΟΥ — of an incursion, of an attack, of a coming upon, of a visit, of a journey
- ΤΗΝἘΦΟΔΟΝ — the approach, the attack, the invasion, the visit, the journey, the way
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