ΝΟΜΙΣΜΑΤΟΣ, νομισματος
NOMISMATOS, nomismatos
Sounds Like: noh-MIS-mah-tos
Translations: of coin, of money, of currency, of a coin, of a currency
From the root: ΝΟΜΙΣΜΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a coin, currency, or money. It is used to denote a medium of exchange, often in the context of financial transactions or value. It is a compound word, derived from the verb 'νομίζω' (nomizō), meaning 'to use customarily' or 'to consider lawful', and the suffix '-μα' which forms nouns denoting the result of an action. Thus, it refers to something established by custom or law as a medium of exchange.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Neuter
Strong’s number: G3546 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:33
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 21:8
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΝΟΜΙΣΜΑ.
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.
- ΝΟΜΙΣΜΑ — coin, money, currency, a coin
- ΝΟΜΙΣΜΑΣΙΝ — coins, money
- ΝΟΜΙΣΜΑΤΑ — coins, money
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