3597. hodoiporia
Strong's Lexicon
hodoiporia: Journey, travel, wayfaring

Original Word: ὁδοιπορία
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: hodoiporia
Pronunciation: ho-doy-por-EE-ah
Phonetic Spelling: (hod-oy-por-ee'-ah)
Definition: Journey, travel, wayfaring
Meaning: a journey, journeying, travel.

Word Origin: From the Greek words ὁδός (hodos, meaning "way" or "road") and πορεία (poreia, meaning "journey" or "travel").

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for "hodoiporia," the concept of journeying is present in Hebrew words like דֶּרֶךְ (derek, meaning "way" or "path") and מַסָּע (massa, meaning "journey" or "march").

Usage: The term "hodoiporia" refers to the act of traveling or making a journey. It is used in the New Testament to describe the physical act of traveling from one place to another, often with a focus on the journey itself rather than the destination.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the ancient world, travel was often arduous and time-consuming, involving long distances on foot or by animal. Roads were not always well-maintained, and travelers faced various dangers, including bandits and harsh weather. The concept of "hodoiporia" would have been familiar to early Christians, many of whom traveled extensively to spread the Gospel or to visit other believers.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from the same as hodoiporeó
Definition
a journey
NASB Translation
journey (1), journeys (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3597: ὁδοιπορία

ὁδοιπορία, ὁδοιπορίας, (ὁδοιπόρος), a journey, journeying: John 4:6; 2 Corinthians 11:26. (Wis. 13:18 Wis. 18:3; 1 Macc. 6:41; Herodotus, Xenophon, Diodorus 5, 29; Herodian, others.)

STRONGS NT 3597a: ὁδοποιέωὁδοποιέω, ὁδοποιῶ; in Greek writings from Xenophon down, to make a road; to level, make passable, smooth, open, a way; and so also in the Sept.: ὡδοποιησε τρίβον τῇ ὀργή αὐτοῦ, for פִּלֵס, Psalm 77:50 (); for סָלַל, to construct a lever way by casting up an embankment, Job 30:12; Psalm 67:5 (); for פִּנָּה, Psalm 79:10 (); for דֶּרֶך פִּנָּה, Isaiah 62:10; — and so, at least apparently, in Mark 2:23 L Tr marginal reading WH marginal reading (see ποιέω, I. 1 a. and c.) (with ὁδόν added, Xenophon, anab. 4, 8, 8).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
journey.

From the same as hodoiporeo; travel -- journey(-ing).

see GREEK hodoiporeo

Forms and Transliterations
οδοιποριαις ὁδοιπορίαις οδοιποριας οδοιπορίας ὁδοιπορίας οδοιπόροι οδοιπόρον οδοιπόρος οδοποιήσατε ωδοποίησας ωδοποίησε ωδοποίησεν hodoiporiais hodoiporíais hodoiporias hodoiporías odoiporiais odoiporias
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Englishman's Concordance
John 4:6 N-GFS
GRK: ἐκ τῆς ὁδοιπορίας ἐκαθέζετο οὕτως
NAS: being wearied from His journey, was sitting
KJV: with [his] journey, sat
INT: from the journey sat thus

2 Corinthians 11:26 N-DFP
GRK: ὁδοιπορίαις πολλάκις κινδύνοις
NAS: [I have been] on frequent journeys, in dangers
KJV: [In] journeyings often, [in] perils
INT: In journeyings often in perils

Strong's Greek 3597
2 Occurrences


ὁδοιπορίαις — 1 Occ.
ὁδοιπορίας — 1 Occ.

















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