ΔΙΑΝΗΣΤΕΥΟΝΤΕΣ, διανηστευοντες
DIANĒSTEUONTES, dianēsteuontes
Sounds Like: dee-ah-nees-TEV-on-tes
Translations: fasting, having fasted, observing a fast
From the root: ΔΙΑΝΗΣΤΕΥΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes the act of fasting, specifically observing a fast throughout a period, often a full day. It implies a complete abstinence from food. As a participle, it functions like an adjective or adverb, describing someone who is fasting or the manner in which an action is performed while fasting.
Inflection: Present Participle, Nominative, Masculine, Plural
Strong’s number: G1227 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 3 — 10:240
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΙΑΝΗΣΤΕΥΩ.
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.
- ΔΙΑΝΗΣΤΕΥΣΑΝΤΕΣ — having fasted through, having continued fasting
- ΔΙΑΝΗΣΤΕΥΩ — to fast through, to continue fasting, to complete a fast
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