ἘΜΠΗΔΩΝΤΕΣ, ἐμπηδωντες
EMPĒDŌNTES, empēdōntes
Sounds Like: em-pee-DON-tes
Translations: leaping upon, springing upon, jumping upon, rushing upon
From the root: ἘΜΠΗΔΑΩ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word is a compound participle, meaning 'leaping upon' or 'springing upon'. It describes an action of jumping or rushing onto something or someone, often with force or aggression. It can be used to describe people or animals making a sudden, forceful movement towards a target.
Inflection: Present, Active, Masculine, Nominative, Plural
Strong’s number: G1708 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 14:35
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΜΠΗΔΑΩ.
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.
- ἘΜΠΗΔΑ — leap upon, jump upon, spring upon, rush upon
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