2001 Translation

PAPYROU, papyrou

Sounds Like: pa-PEE-roo

Translations: of papyrus, of reed, of paper, papyrus, a papyrus, reed, a reed, paper, a paper

From the root: ΠΑΠΥΡΟΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to the papyrus plant, a tall, reed-like plant that grew in marshy areas, especially along the Nile River in Egypt. It was also used to refer to the writing material made from the pith of this plant, which was a common form of 'paper' in the ancient world. In its genitive form, it indicates possession or origin, such as 'of papyrus' or 'made from papyrus'.

Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Masculine

Strong’s number: G3958 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Codex Sinaiticus

• Isaiah — 19:6

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Isaiah — 19:6

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΑΠΥΡΟΣ.

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.

• ΠΑΠΥΡΟΝ — papyrus, a papyrus, papyrus plant, a papyrus plant, papyrus scroll, a papyrus scroll
• ΠΑΠΥΡΟΣ — papyrus, a papyrus
• ΠΑΠΥΡΩΝ — of papyrus, of papyrus plants, of papyrus scrolls

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