ἈΦΙΕΡΟΥ, ἀφιερου
APHIEROU, aphierou
Sounds Like: ah-fee-eh-ROO
Translations: you were dedicating, you were consecrating, you were setting apart, you were devoting
From the root: ΑΦΙΕΡΟΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the imperfect active indicative form of the verb 'aphieroo'. It describes an action that was ongoing or repeated in the past. It means to dedicate, consecrate, set apart, or devote something or someone to a sacred purpose or to a specific use. For example, one might dedicate a temple or consecrate a person for service.
Inflection: Second Person, Singular, Imperfect, Active, Indicative
Strong’s number: G0873 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 15 — 10:364
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΦΙΕΡΟΩ.
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.
- ἈΦΙΕΡΟΥΣΙ — they dedicate, they consecrate, they set apart
- ἈΦΙΕΡΩΣΟΜΕΝ — we will dedicate, we will consecrate, we will set apart, we will devote
- ΑΦΙΕΡΟΥΣΙ — they dedicate, they consecrate, they devote, they set apart
- ΑΦΙΕΡΟΩ — to dedicate, to consecrate, to set apart, to devote
- ΑΦΙΕΡΩΣΑΝ — they dedicated, they consecrated, they devoted
- ΑΦΙΕΡΩΣΩΜΕΝ — let us dedicate, let us consecrate, let us devote
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