ἘΜΟΣΧΟΠΟΙΗΣΑΤΕ, ἐμοσχοποιησατε
EMOSCHOPOIĒSATE, emoschopoiēsate
Sounds Like: eh-mos-kho-poy-EH-sah-teh
Translations: you made a calf, you made a golden calf, you fashioned a calf
From the root: ΜΟΣΧΟΠΟΙΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from 'μόσχος' (moschos), meaning 'calf', and 'ποιέω' (poieō), meaning 'to make' or 'to do'. The word means 'to make a calf' or 'to fashion a calf'. It is often used in the context of idolatry, specifically referring to the making of a golden calf, as seen in the Old Testament narrative of the Israelites in the wilderness. In a sentence, it would describe the action of a group of people creating such an idol.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Indicative, 2nd Person Plural
Strong’s number: G3448 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 132:1
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΟΣΧΟΠΟΙΕΩ.
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.
- ἘΜΟΣΧΟΠΟΙΗΣΑΝ — made a calf, made a molten calf, made an idol
- ΕΜΟΣΧΟΠΟΙΗΣΑΝ — they made a calf, they fashioned a calf, they created a calf
- ΜΟΣΧΟΠΟΙΗΣΑΝΤΕΣ — having made a calf, having fashioned a calf, having made an idol
- ΜΟΣΧΟΠΟΙΗΣΑΣ — having made a calf, having fashioned a calf, having created a calf
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