ἘΘΝΗΣΚΟΝ, ἐθνησκον
ETHNĒSKON, ethnēskon
Sounds Like: ETH-nays-kon
Translations: they were dying, they died, to die
From the root: ΘΝΗΣΚΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is the third person plural imperfect indicative active form of the verb 'θνήσκω' (thnēskō), meaning 'to die'. It describes an ongoing or repeated action in the past, indicating that 'they were dying' or 'they kept dying'. It can also refer to a past action that was in progress when something else happened.
Inflection: Third Person, Plural, Imperfect, Indicative, Active
Strong’s number: G2348 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΘΝΗΣΚΩ.
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.
- ΘΑΝΕΙΝ — to die, to be dead
- ΘΝΗΣΙΜΕΟΙΣ — you may die, you might die, you may be dying, you might be dying
- ΘΝΗΣΚΟΝΤΕΣ — dying, those who are dying, about to die
- ΘΝΗΣΚΟΥΣΙ — they are dying, they die, they are perishing, they perish
- ΘΝΗΣΚΩ — to die, to be dying, to be about to die
- ΘΝΗΣΚΩΝ — dying, about to die, being dead
- ΣΥΝΑΠΟΘΑΝΙΝ — to die with, to die together, to die along with
- ΤΕΘΝΕΑΣΙΝ — they have died, they are dead, they had died, they were dead
- ΤΕΘΝΗΚΑ — I have died, I am dead
- ΤΕΘΝΗΚΟΤΑΣ — dead, the dead, those who have died
- ΤΟΙΣΘΝΗΣΚΟΥΣΙΝ — (to) the dying, (for) the dying, (to) those who are dying, (for) those who are dying
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