ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤΩΡ, φιλοπατωρ
PHILOPATŌR, philopatōr
Sounds Like: fee-lo-PAH-tor
Translations: father-loving, loving one's father, devoted to one's father
From the root: ΦΙΛΟΣ, ΠΑΤΗΡ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This is a compound adjective meaning 'loving one's father' or 'devoted to one's father'. It is formed from 'philos' (loving) and 'patēr' (father). It was often used as an epithet or title for rulers who showed devotion to their fathers or their ancestral line, such as Ptolemy IV Philopator.
Inflection: Masculine or Feminine, Singular, Nominative
Strong’s number: G5388 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 17 — 5:110
Josephus' The Jewish War
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, ΦΙΛΟΣ, ΠΑΤΗΡ.
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.
- ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ — of a father-lover, of one who loves his father, of one who is devoted to his father, of one who is loyal to his father, of one who loves his country, of a patriot
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