2001 Translation

PORTHĒSIN, porthēsin

Sounds Like: por-THEH-sin

Translations: sack, a sack, plunder, a plunder, destruction, devastation

From the root: ΠΟΡΘΗΣΙΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to the act of sacking, plundering, or devastating a city or region. It describes the violent destruction and taking of goods, often in the context of warfare or conquest. It is used to denote the outcome of such an action, emphasizing the ruin and desolation left behind.

Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G4193 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 6 — 14:367
• Book 7 — 7:160
• Book 13 — 7:225

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Seven — 4:30

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
• ΠΟΡΘΗΣΕΩΣ — of destruction, of sacking, of plundering, of devastation, of a destruction, of a sacking, of a plundering, of a devastation

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