ΦΙΛΟΠΟΝΟΥΣ, φιλοπονους
PHILOPONOUS, philoponous
Sounds Like: fee-lo-PO-noos
Translations: labor-loving, industrious, diligent, laborious, hard-working
From the root: ΦΙΛΟΠΟΝΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes someone who loves labor or is diligent and industrious. It is used to characterize individuals who are hard-working and committed to their tasks. It is a compound word formed from 'φίλος' (philos), meaning 'loving' or 'dear', and 'πόνος' (ponos), meaning 'toil' or 'labor'.
Inflection: Plural, Accusative, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G5387 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΙΛΟΠΟΝΟΣ.
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.
- ΦΙΛΟΠΟΝΟΝ — industrious, laborious, diligent, hard-working
- ΦΙΛΟΠΟΝΩΣ — diligently, laboriously, industriously, assiduously
- ΦΙΛΟΠΟΝΩΤΑΤΗ — most diligent, most laborious, most fond of toil, a most diligent, a most laborious, a most fond of toil
- ΦΙΛΟΠΟΝΩΤΑΤΟΣ — most industrious, most diligent, most hard-working, most laborious, most painstaking
- ΦΙΛΟΠΟΝΩΤΕΡΟΝ — more laborious, more industrious, more diligent, more painstaking, a more laborious thing, more industriously, more diligently
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