ΧΑΡΑΚΤΗΡΑΣ, χαρακτηρας
CHARAKTĒRAS, charaktēras
Sounds Like: KHA-rak-TEH-ras
Translations: characters, marks, images, exact representations, impressions, engravings
From the root: ΧΑΡΑΚΤΗΡ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a distinguishing mark, an impression, or an exact representation of something. It can denote a characteristic, a feature, or the very nature of a person or thing. It is often used to describe a visible mark or an indelible impression, like an engraving or a stamp. In a broader sense, it can refer to the essential quality or nature that distinguishes one thing from another.
Inflection: Accusative, Plural, Masculine
Strong’s number: G5480 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 13 — 12:322
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 7:6
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΧΑΡΑΚΤΗΡ.
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.
- ΧΑΡΑΚΤΗΡ — impression, mark, exact representation, exact likeness, character, a character, stamp, engraving
- ΧΑΡΑΚΤΗΡΑ — character, mark, image, a character, a mark, an image
- ΧΑΡΑΚΤΗΡΙ — (to) character, (to) image, (to) exact representation, (to) impress, (to) mark, (to) stamp
- ΧΑΡΑΚΤΗΡΣΙ — to a mark, to a stamp, to an impress, to an exact representation, to a character, to a feature, to an engraving, to an inscription, to a distinctive mark, to a distinguishing feature, to an image, to a copy
- ΧΑΡΑΚΤΗΡΣΙΝ — to a character, to a mark, to an impression, to a representation, to a stamp, to a copy, to a feature, to a distinctive mark
- ΧΑΡΑΚΤΗΡΩΝ — of a character, of an impression, of an exact copy, of a representation, of a mark, of an image, of a stamp, of a distinctive mark
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