ἘΜΠΡΗΣΑΝΤΩΝ, ἐμπρησαντων
EMPRĒSANTŌN, emprēsantōn
Sounds Like: em-PREE-san-ton
Translations: of those who had burned, of those who had set on fire, of those who had consumed by fire
From the root: ἘΜΠΡΗΘΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is a participle derived from the verb meaning 'to burn' or 'to set on fire'. As a participle, it functions like an adjective or adverb, describing an action performed by a noun. In this form, it indicates an action completed in the past by multiple subjects, and it is in the genitive case, often indicating possession or a relationship 'of' something or someone.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Participle, Genitive, Masculine, Plural
Strong’s number: G1709 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 12 — 9:368
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΜΠΡΗΘΩ.
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.
- ἘΜΠΡΗΣΘΗΣΕΤΑΙ — will be burned, will be set on fire, will be consumed by fire
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