ἘΚΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΗΣΑΤΩΣΑΝ, ἐκπολιορκησατωσαν
EKPOLIORKĒSATŌSAN, ekpoliorkēsatōsan
Sounds Like: ek-pol-ee-or-KAY-sah-toh-sahn
Translations: let them besiege, let them take by siege, let them capture by siege
From the root: ΕΚΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the preposition 'ἐκ' (out of, from) and the verb 'πολιορκέω' (to besiege, to blockade). It means to besiege or capture a city or place by siege, emphasizing the successful completion of the siege, resulting in the capture of the place. It describes the action of a group of people carrying out a siege to its conclusion.
Inflection: Aorist, Imperative, Active, Third Person Plural
Strong’s number: G1625 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Joshua — 7:3
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΚΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΕΩ.
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.
- ἘΚΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΕΙ — he besieges, she besieges, it besieges, he captures by siege, she captures by siege, it captures by siege
- ἘΚΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΗΘΗ — to be captured by siege, to be taken by storm, to be besieged out
- ἘΚΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΗΣΑΝΤΑΣ — having taken by siege, having captured by siege, having besieged out
- ἘΞΕΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΗΣΑΝ — they besieged, they captured by siege, they took by siege
- ἘΞΕΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΗΣΕΝ — he besieged, he blockaded, he captured by siege, he took by siege
- ΕΚΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΕΩ — to take by storm, to capture by siege, to conquer by siege
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