ΚΗΔΕΜΟΝΙ, κηδεμονι
KĒDEMONI, kēdemoni
Sounds Like: kay-day-mo-NEE
Translations: care, guardianship, protection, supervision, a guardianship, a protection
From the root: ΚΗΔΕΜΟΝΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the act of caring for someone or something, providing guardianship, or exercising supervision. It implies a responsibility to protect and look after, often in a formal or official capacity. It can be used to describe the care given to a person, a place, or an institution.
Inflection: Singular, Dative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G2743 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 20 — 4:84
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 8:48
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΗΔΕΜΟΝΙΑ.
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.
- ΚΗΔΕΜΟΝΙΑ — guardianship, protection, care, a guardianship, a protection, a care
- ΚΗΔΕΜΟΝΙΑΝ — care, protection, guardianship, a guardianship
- ΚΗΔΕΜΟΝΙΑΣ — of guardianship, of care, of protection, of oversight, of a guardianship, of a care, of a protection, of an oversight
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