2001 Translation

PORTHĒSEŌS, porthēseōs

Sounds Like: por-THEH-seh-ohs

Translations: of destruction, of sacking, of plundering, of devastation, of a destruction, of a sacking, of a plundering, of a devastation

From the root: ΠΟΡΘΗΣΙΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to the act of destroying, sacking, or plundering a city or place. It describes the violent overthrow or devastation of a location, often involving military conquest and ruin. As a genitive noun, it indicates possession or origin, meaning 'of destruction' or 'belonging to destruction'.

Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine

Strong’s number: G4192 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 10 — 8:147, 9:181, 10:195
• Book 20 — 5:115

Life of Flavius Josephus, The

• The Life of Flavius Josephus — 67:376

From the same root

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

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.

• ΠΟΡΘΗΣΕΙΣ — plundering, plunderings, destruction, destructions, a plundering, a destruction
• ΠΟΡΘΗΣΙΝ — sack, a sack, plunder, a plunder, destruction, devastation

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