ΨΗΦΟΣ, ψηφος
PSĒPHOS, psēphos
Sounds Like: PSAY-fos
Translations: pebble, a pebble, stone, a stone, vote, a vote, ballot, a ballot
From the root: ΨΗΦΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a small, smooth stone or pebble. It can also refer to a ballot or vote, as pebbles were often used in ancient times for casting votes in assemblies or courts. It is used in sentences to denote a small, countable item, or a decision made by voting.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G5586 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Sirach — 18:10
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Sirach — 18:10
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΨΗΦΟΣ.
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.
- ΨΗΦΙΝΟΣ — of pebbles, made of pebbles, mosaic, made of mosaic work
- ΨΗΦΙΣ — vote, a vote, ballot, pebble, a pebble, decision, a decision, decree, a decree
- ΨΗΦΙΣΤΙΚΟΝ — pertaining to voting, relating to a vote, that which is decided by vote, a voting matter, a voting decision
- ΨΗΦΟΝ — a vote, a ballot, a pebble, a stone, a calculation, a decision
- ΨΗΦΟΥΣ — votes, pebbles, stones, ballots
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