ἈΛΛΗΓΟΡΟΥΝΤΟΣ, ἀλληγορουντος
ALLĒGOROUNTOS, allēgorountos
Sounds Like: al-lay-go-ROON-tos
Translations: of allegorizing, of speaking allegorically, of interpreting allegorically
From the root: ΑΛΛΗΓΟΡΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a participle derived from the verb 'allegorize' or 'speak allegorically'. It describes someone who is in the act of allegorizing or interpreting something in an allegorical manner. It is used to indicate the action or state of presenting or understanding something as an allegory, where the literal meaning conceals a deeper, symbolic meaning.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Masculine or Neuter, Present Active Participle
Strong’s number: G0243 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 0:24
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΛΛΗΓΟΡΕΩ.
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.
- ἈΛΛΗΓΟΡΈΩ — to allegorize, to speak allegorically, to speak figuratively
- ἈΛΛΗΓΟΡΟΥΜΕΝΑ — allegorized, being allegorized, things allegorized, matters allegorized
- ΑΛΛΗΓΟΡΕΩ — allegorize, speak allegorically
- ΑΛΛΗΓΟΡΟΥΜΕΝΑ — being allegorized, allegorized, spoken allegorically, explained allegorically
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