ΘΑΝΑΤΗΦΟΡΟΥ, θανατηφορου
THANATĒPHOROU, thanatēphorou
Sounds Like: thah-nah-tay-fo-ROO
Translations: of deadly, of death-bringing, of death-dealing
From the root: ΘΑΝΑΤΗΦΟΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something that brings or carries death, or is capable of causing death. It is a compound word formed from ΘΑΝΑΤΟΣ (thanatos), meaning 'death', and ΦΟΡΟΣ (phoros), meaning 'bearing' or 'carrying'. It is used to describe things that are lethal or fatal.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Masculine, Feminine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G2287 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- James — 3:8
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- James — 3:8
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΘΑΝΑΤΗΦΟΡΟΣ.
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.
- ΘΑΝΑΤΗΦΟΡΟΙ — deadly, death-bringing, fatal
- ΘΑΝΑΤΗΦΟΡΟΝ — deadly, death-bringing, fatal, mortal
- ΘΑΝΑΤΗΦΟΡΩ — deadly, death-bringing, fatal, lethal
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