ἈΝΤΙΦΙΛΟΝΚΟΜΙΣΑΙ, ἀντιφιλονκομισαι
ANTIPHILONKOMISAI, antiphilonkomisai
Sounds Like: an-tee-FEE-lon-KO-mee-sai
Translations: to receive in return for a friend, to get back for a friend, to repay a friend
From the root: ΑΝΤΙ, ΦΙΛΟΣ, ΚΟΜΙΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from 'anti' (in return for), 'philos' (friend), and 'komizo' (to receive or get back). It means to receive something in return for a friend, or to get something back on behalf of a friend, or to repay a friend. It is used to describe an action where one obtains something as a reciprocal gesture related to a friend or a friendly act.
Inflection: Aorist, Middle Voice, Infinitive
Strong’s numbers: G0473 (Lookup on BibleHub), G5384 (Lookup on BibleHub), G2865 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 31:17
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΝΤΙ, ΦΙΛΟΣ, ΚΟΜΙΖΩ.
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.
- ΑΝΤΙΦΙΛΟΝΚΟΜΙΣΑΙ — to receive in return, to get back in return, to requite, to repay
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