ΠΑΡΑΠΛΗΣΙΑ, παραπλησια
PARAPLĒSIA, paraplēsia
Sounds Like: pa-rap-PLE-see-ah
Translations: similar, like, resembling, a similar one, a like one
From the root: ΠΑΡΑΠΛΗΣΙΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something that is similar to or closely resembles something else. It is used to indicate a likeness in form, nature, or quality between two or more things. For example, it might be used to say 'things similar to tables' or 'a similar situation'.
Inflection: Singular, Feminine, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G3898 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:127
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Seven — 8:57
The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments
- Mandate 6 — 2:5
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΑΡΑΠΛΗΣΙΟΣ.
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.
- ΠΑΡΑΠΛΗΣΙΑΙ — similar, like, resembling
- ΠΑΡΑΠΛΗΣΙΑΝ — similar, like, resembling, a similar, a like
- ΠΑΡΑΠΛΗΣΙΑΣ — similar, like, resembling, (of) similar (things), (of) like (things), (of) resembling (things), similar (things), like (things), resembling (things)
- ΠΑΡΑΠΛΗΣΙΟΙ — similar, like, resembling, a similar one, a like one
- ΠΑΡΑΠΛΗΣΙΟΙΣ — (to) similar, (to) like, (to) resembling, (to) nearly equal
- ΠΑΡΑΠΛΗΣΙΟΝ — similar, like, nearly, almost, a similar thing, something similar
- ΠΑΡΑΠΛΗΣΙΟΣ — similar, like, resembling, nearly, almost, about
- ΠΑΡΑΠΛΗΣΙΩΝ — similar, like, resembling, of a similar kind, of a like nature
- ΠΑΡΑΠΛΗΣΙΩΣ — similarly, likewise, in like manner, in a similar way
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