Redirected from κορηϲ, replacing lunate sigma Ϲϲ with normal sigma Σσ/ς.
ΚΟΡΗΣ, κορης
KORĒS, korēs
Sounds Like: ko-RAYS
Translations: of a girl, of a maiden, of a virgin, of a daughter, of a pupil (of the eye)
From the root: ΚΟΡΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a young woman, specifically a girl, maiden, or virgin. It can also refer to a daughter. In a more specialized sense, it can refer to the pupil of the eye, due to its small, doll-like appearance. This form of the word is inflected to show possession or relationship, often translated with 'of'.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine
Strong’s number: G2877 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
Codex Sinaiticus
- Zechariah — 2:12
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 16:252, 19:302, 21:339
- Book 4 — 2:14, 2:20, 3:54, 3:56, 8:246, 8:252
- Book 5 — 8:291
- Book 7 — 8:168, 14:343
- Book 11 — 6:202, 6:204
- Book 13 — 1:18
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 137:2
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Zechariah — 2:8
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΟΡΗ.
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.
- ΚΟΡΑ — girl, maiden, young woman, virgin, daughter, a girl, a maiden, a young woman, a virgin, a daughter
- ΚΟΡΑΙ — girls, maidens, virgins, pupils (of the eye)
- ΚΟΡΑΙΣ — pupil, a pupil, doll, a doll, maiden, a maiden, girl, a girl
- ΚΟΡΑΝ — pupil, a pupil, maiden, a maiden, girl, a girl
- ΚΟΡΑΣ — girls, maidens, young women
- ΚΟΡΑΣΙΟΝ — girl, a girl, maiden, a maiden, young woman, a young woman
- ΚΟΡΕΑΙΣ — to girls, to maidens, to daughters, to young women
- ΚΟΡΗ — girl, a girl, maiden, a maiden, virgin, a virgin, daughter, a daughter, pupil (of the eye), a pupil (of the eye)
- ΚΟΡΗΝ — a maiden, a girl, a daughter, a pupil (of the eye)
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