ΚΙΒΔΗΛΑ, κιβδηλα
KIBDĒLA, kibdēla
Sounds Like: KIB-day-lah
Translations: counterfeit, base, spurious, worthless, adulterated
From the root: ΚΙΒΔΗΛΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something that is not genuine or pure, but rather mixed with inferior elements, making it false or worthless. It can refer to things like counterfeit money, adulterated goods, or even insincere people. It is used to denote a lack of authenticity or value.
Inflection: Plural, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G2809 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Wisdom — 15:9
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Wisdom — 15:9
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΙΒΔΗΛΟΣ.
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.
- ΚΙΒΔΗΛΟΙΣ — counterfeit, false, adulterated, base, spurious
- ΚΙΒΔΗΛΟΣ — adulterated, spurious, counterfeit, worthless, a counterfeit, an adulterated
- ΚΙΒΔΗΛΟΥΣ — counterfeit, false, adulterated, base, spurious, a counterfeit, a false one
- ΚΙΒΔΗΛΩΝ — of base, of counterfeit, of adulterated, of spurious, of worthless
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