ἘΒΟΣΚΟΝΤΟ, ἐβοσκοντο
EBOSKONTO, eboskonto
Sounds Like: eh-BOS-kon-toh
Translations: they were feeding, they were pasturing, they were grazing
From the root: ΒΟΣΚΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the imperfect indicative middle/passive form of the verb 'βόσκω'. It describes an action that was ongoing or repeated in the past, specifically the act of feeding, pasturing, or grazing. It is typically used to describe animals feeding themselves or being fed.
Inflection: Imperfect, Indicative, Middle or Passive Voice, 3rd Person, Plural
Strong’s number: G1006 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΒΟΣΚΩ.
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.
- ΒΟΣΚΕ — feed, tend, graze, pasture
- ΒΟΣΚΕΘ — he feeds, he pastures, he tends, he grazes
- ΒΟΣΚΕΙΝ — to feed, to graze, to tend, to pasture
- ΒΟΣΚΕΣΘΑΙ — to feed, to graze, to pasture, to tend, to herd
- ΒΟΣΚΕΣΘΕ — feed, graze, tend, pasture
- ΒΟΣΚΕΤΕ — feed, tend, graze
- ΒΟΣΚΗΘΗ — was fed, was pastured, was grazed
- ΒΟΣΚΗΘΗΣΕΤΑΙ — will be fed, will be pastured, will be grazed
- ΒΟΣΚΗΘΗΣΟΝΤΑΙ — they will be fed, they will be pastured, they will graze
- ΒΟΣΚΗΘΗΣΟΤΑΙ — he will be fed, she will be fed, it will be fed, he will be pastured, she will be pastured, it will be pastured
- ΒΟΣΚΗΣΟΥΣΙΝ — they will feed, they will tend, they will pasture, they will graze
- ΒΟΣΚΗΣΩ — I will feed, I will tend, I will pasture
- ΒΟΣΚΟΜΕΝΑ — being fed, being pastured, grazing, those being fed, those being pastured
- ΒΟΣΚΟΜΕΝΗ — feeding, being fed, grazing, pasturing
- ΒΟΣΚΟΜΕΝΩΝ — (of) feeding, (of) grazing, (of) pasturing, (of) tending, (of) those feeding, (of) those grazing
- ΒΟΣΚΟΝΤΕΣ — feeding, pasturing, tending, herding, those who feed, those who pasture, those who tend, those who herd
- ΒΟΣΚΟΤΕΣ — herdsmen, a herdsman, shepherds, a shepherd
- ΒΟΣΚΟΥΣΙΝ — they feed, they tend, they graze, they pasture
- ΒΟΣΚΩ — to feed, to tend, to graze, to pasture, to shepherd
- ΒΟΣΚΩΝ — feeding, pasturing, tending, grazing, a feeder, a pasturer
- ἘΒΟΣΚΕΝ — was feeding, fed, was pasturing, pastured, was tending, tended, was shepherding, shepherded
- ἘΒΟΣΚΗΣΑΝ — they fed, they pastured, they grazed, they tended
- ἘΠΕΒΟΣΚΕΤΟ — was feeding upon, was grazing upon, was consuming, was devouring
- ΕΒΟΣΚΟΝΤΟ — they were feeding, they were pasturing, they were grazing, they were tending
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