ΦΙΛΟΜΗΤΟΡΟΣ, φιλομητορος
PHILOMĒTOROS, philomētoros
Sounds Like: fee-loh-MAY-toh-ross
Translations: of a mother-lover, of one who loves his mother, of a mother-loving person
From the root: ΦΙΛΟΜΗΤΩΡ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This is a compound adjective formed from 'φίλος' (philos), meaning 'loving' or 'friend', and 'μήτηρ' (mētēr), meaning 'mother'. It describes someone who loves their mother or is devoted to their mother. In this form, it is genitive, indicating possession or origin, often translated as 'of a mother-lover' or 'belonging to a mother-lover'. It can be used to describe a person or a characteristic related to someone who loves their mother.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G5361 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 13 — 12:325
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΙΛΟΜΗΤΩΡ.
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.
- ΦΙΛΟΜΗΤΟΡΑ — mother-loving, loving his mother, devoted to his mother
- ΦΙΛΟΜΗΤΟΡΙ — mother-loving, loving one's mother
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