ΨΗΦΟΥΣ, ψηφους
PSĒPHOUS, psēphous
Sounds Like: PSAY-foos
Translations: votes, pebbles, stones, ballots
From the root: ΨΗΦΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to small stones or pebbles, which were historically used for various purposes, including counting, casting lots, or, most notably, as ballots in ancient Greek legal and political systems. Thus, it can also mean 'votes' or 'ballots'. It is used in sentences to denote the objects themselves or the act of voting.
Inflection: Plural, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G5586 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- 4 Maccabees — 15:26
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 10 — 6:91
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 5:37
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 4 Maccabees — 15:26
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
- ΨΗΦΟΣ — pebble, a pebble, stone, a stone, vote, a vote, ballot, a ballot
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