ΔΙΕΤΡΕΦΟΝΤΟ, διετρεφοντο
DIETREPHONTO, dietrephonto
Sounds Like: dee-eh-TREH-fon-toh
Translations: they were being nourished, they were being fed, they were sustained
From the root: ΔΙΑΤΡΕΦΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the imperfect passive indicative form of the verb 'διατρέφω' (diatrephō). It means 'to nourish through,' 'to feed thoroughly,' or 'to sustain.' The imperfect tense indicates a continuous or repeated action in the past, while the passive voice means the subjects were receiving the action. So, 'they were continuously being nourished' or 'they were being sustained.'
Inflection: Third Person, Plural, Imperfect, Indicative, Passive
Strong’s number: G1250 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 2 — 15:316
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΙΑΤΡΕΦΩ.
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.
- ΔΙΑΘΡΕΨΑΙ — to nourish, to feed, to sustain, to provide for
- ΔΙΑΘΡΕΨΕΙ — will nourish, will sustain, will feed, will provide for
- ΔΙΑΘΡΕΨΕΙΣ — nourish, feed, sustain, provide for
- ΔΙΑΘΡΕΨΩ — I will nourish, I will feed, I will sustain, I will provide for
- ΔΙΑΤΡΑΦΕΝΤΩΝ — (of) having been nourished, (of) having been fed, (of) having been sustained
- ΔΙΑΤΡΑΦΗΣΕΤΑΙ — will be nourished, will be fed, will be sustained
- ΔΙΑΤΡΕΦΕΙΝ — to nourish, to feed, to sustain, to provide for
- ΔΙΑΤΡΕΦΟΙΝΤΟ — they might be nourished, they might be sustained, they might be fed
- ΔΙΑΤΡΕΦΟΥΣΑ — nourishing, sustaining, providing for, supporting, maintaining, a nourishing one, the one nourishing
- ΔΙΑΤΡΕΦΩ — nourish, support, feed, sustain
- ΔΙΕΘΡΕΨΑΣ — you nourished, you fed, you brought up, you sustained
- ΔΙΕΘΡΕΨΕΝ — he nourished, he fed, he sustained, he brought up
- ΔΙΕΤΡΕΦΕΝ — was nourishing, was feeding, was sustaining, was maintaining
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