ΦΟΙΝΙΞ, φοινιξ
PHOINIX, phoinix
Sounds Like: FOY-nix
Translations: palm tree, date palm, phoenix, purple, crimson
From the root: ΦΟΙΝΙΞ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This is a masculine noun that can refer to several things. Most commonly, it means a 'palm tree' or 'date palm', referring to the tree itself or its fruit. It can also refer to the mythical bird, the 'phoenix', known for its rebirth from ashes. Less commonly, it can denote the color 'purple' or 'crimson', likely due to the Phoenician dye. Its meaning is determined by context.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G5403 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Rome
- Clement’s First Letter — 25:2
Codex Sinaiticus
- Psalms — 91:13
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 86:4
Pseudo-Baruch
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, ΦΟΙΝΙΞ.
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.
- ΦΟΙ — palm tree, date palm, phoenix
- ΦΟΙΝΙΚ — palm tree, a palm tree, date palm, purple, crimson
- ΦΟΙΝΙΚΑ — palm tree, a palm tree, date palm, a date palm
- ΦΟΙΝΙΚΑΣ — palm tree, a palm tree, date palm, a date palm, palm branch, a palm branch
- ΦΟΙΝΙΚΕΙ — palm tree, date palm, palm
- ΦΟΙΝΙΚΕΣ — palm trees, palms, a palm tree
- ΦΟΙΝΙΚΙ — (to) a palm tree, (to) a date palm, (to) a Phoenician
- ΦΟΙΝΙΚΙΔΙ — purple cloth, crimson cloth, a purple garment, a crimson garment
- ΦΟΙΝΙΚΙΚΑ — Phoenician, Phoenician things, Phoenician writings
- ΦΟΙΝΙΚΙΚΑΙΣ — Phoenician, of Phoenicia
- ΦΟΙΝΙΚΟΣ — of a palm tree, of a date palm, of a phoenix, of purple, of a purple dye
- ΦΟΙΝΙΚΩ — of palm trees, of a palm tree, of a date palm
- ΦΟΙΝΙΚΩΝ — (of) palm trees, (of) palm branches, (of) Phoenicians, (of) purple
- ΦΟΙΝΙΞʼ — phoenix, a phoenix, date palm, a date palm, purple, crimson
- ΦΟΙΝΙΞΙ — to Phoenicians, for Phoenicians, among Phoenicians
- ΦΟΙΝΙΞΙΝ — to Phoenicians, for Phoenicians, among Phoenicians
- ΦΥΝΙΚΟΥ — purple, crimson, scarlet, red
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