ΔΙΕΚΟΛΥΜΒΗΣΑΝ, διεκολυμβησαν
DIEKOLYMBĒSAN, diekolymbēsan
Sounds Like: dee-eh-koh-LYM-bee-san
Translations: swam across, swam through
From the root: ΔΙΑΚΟΛΥΜΒΑΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from the preposition διά (dia), meaning 'through' or 'across', and the verb κολυμβάω (kolymbáō), meaning 'to swim'. Therefore, it means 'to swim across' or 'to swim through' something. It describes the action of traversing a body of water by swimming.
Inflection: Aorist, Indicative, Active, Third Person, Plural
Strong’s number: G1246 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- 1 Maccabees — 9:48
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 1 Maccabees — 9:48
From the same root
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