ἈΚΟΝΤΙΖΟΝΤΕΣ, ἀκοντιζοντες
AKONTIZONTES, akontizontes
Sounds Like: ah-kon-TEE-zon-tes
Translations: hurling, throwing, casting, shooting
From the root: ἈΚΟΝΤΙΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a present active participle, meaning 'those who are hurling' or 'while they were hurling'. It describes the action of throwing or casting something, often a javelin or spear. It is used to indicate an ongoing action performed by a group of people.
Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Nominative, Masculine, Plural
Strong’s number: G0001 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΚΟΝΤΙΖΩ.
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.
- ἈΚΟΝΤΙΖΕΙ — to throw a dart, to hurl, to cast, to shoot
- ἨΚΟΝΤΙΖΕ — was throwing, was hurling, was shooting, was casting
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