ἈΦΗΓΕΙΤΟ, ἀφηγειτο
APHĒGEITO, aphēgeito
Sounds Like: ah-fay-GAY-toh
Translations: he was relating, he was narrating, he was describing, he was telling
From the root: ἈΦΗΓΕΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning 'to relate', 'to narrate', or 'to describe'. It is used to speak about someone recounting events, stories, or details. The form 'ἀφηγεῖτο' is in the imperfect tense, indicating an ongoing or repeated action in the past, often translated as 'he/she/it was relating' or 'he/she/it used to relate'.
Inflection: Third Person Singular, Imperfect Indicative, Middle/Passive Voice
Strong’s number: G0644 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 20:25
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΦΗΓΕΟΜΑΙ.
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.
- ἈΦΗΓΕΙΤΑΙ — he relates, he recounts, he narrates, he tells, he describes
- ἈΦΗΓΗ — to relate, to tell, to explain, to describe, to lead, to rule
- ἈΦΗΓΗΣΑΜΕΝΟΥ — (of) having related, (of) having recounted, (of) having narrated, (of) having described
- ἈΦΗΓΗΣΑΣΘΑΙ — to relate, to recount, to narrate, to tell, to explain
- ἈΦΗΓΗΣΕΤΑΙ — he will relate, he will declare, he will tell, he will recount
- ἈΦΗΓΗΣΟΜΑΙ — I will relate, I will recount, I will tell, I will narrate
- ἈΦΗΓΗΤΑΙ — they relate, they declare, they narrate, they tell
- ἈΦΗΓΟΥΜΕΝΕ — O narrator, O leader, O one who relates, O one who leads
- ἈΦΗΓΟΥΜΕΝΟΙ — leading, narrating, describing, relating, telling, those who lead, those who narrate
- ἈΦΗΓΟΥΜΕΝΟΙΣ — (to) those who lead, (to) those who guide, (to) those who relate, (to) those who narrate
- ἈΦΗΓΟΥΜΕΝΟΝ — narrating, relating, describing, telling, leading, a leader, a narrator, a describer
- ἈΦΗΓΟΥΜΕΝΟΣ — leading, guiding, narrating, relating, a leader, a guide, a narrator
- ἈΦΗΓΟΥΜΕΝΟΥ — of one narrating, of one relating, of one leading, of one governing, of one ruling, of a narrator, of a leader
- ἈΦΗΓΟΥΜΕΝΟΥΣ — relating, narrating, describing, recounting, telling, explaining
- ἈΦΗΓΟΥΜΕΝΩ — to the one leading, to the one guiding, to the one narrating, to the one relating, to the leader, to the guide, to the narrator, to the relater
- ἈΦΗΓΟΥΝΤΑΙ — they relate, they tell, they narrate, they report
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