ἈΠΟΛΟΓΟΥΜΕΝΟΥ, ἀπολογουμενου
APOLOGOUMENOU, apologoumenou
Sounds Like: ah-po-lo-goo-MEH-noo
Translations: defending oneself, making a defense, speaking in defense, apologizing, answering, pleading, excusing oneself
From the root: ἈΠΟΛΟΓΕΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word is a participle derived from the verb 'apologeomai', meaning to defend oneself, make a defense, or speak in one's own defense. It describes an action of self-justification or explanation, often in a legal or formal context. It can also mean to apologize or excuse oneself. In the provided examples, it functions as a genitive participle, indicating the subject of the action (e.g., 'when Saul was defending himself', 'when Paul was making his defense').
Inflection: Present, Middle/Passive Voice, Masculine or Neuter, Singular, Genitive
Strong’s number: G0626 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΠΟΛΟΓΕΟΜΑΙ.
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.
- ἈΠΟΛΟΓΕΙΣΘΑΙ — to make a defense, to defend oneself, to give an account, to plead one's cause
- ἈΠΟΛΟΓΕΙΣΘΩ — let him defend himself, let him make a defense, let him speak in defense
- ἈΠΟΛΟΓΗΣΑΣΘΑΙ — to make a defense, to defend oneself, to give an account, to answer, to apologize
- ἈΠΟΛΟΓΗΣΟΜΕΝΟΥΣ — those who will defend themselves, those who will make a defense, those who will speak in defense
- ἈΠΟΛΟΓΗΣΩΝΤΑΙ — to defend oneself, to make a defense, to give an account, to plead, to apologize
- ἈΠΟΛΟΓΟΥΜΑΙ — I defend myself, I make a defense, I apologize, I give an account
- ἈΠΟΛΟΓΟΥΜΕΝΟΙ — defending, making a defense, speaking in defense, apologizing
- ἈΠΟΛΟΓΟΥΜΕΝΟΝ — defending oneself, making a defense, apologizing, answering, speaking in defense
- ἈΠΟΛΟΓΟΥΜΕΝΟΣ — defending oneself, making a defense, apologizing, speaking in defense
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