ἘΜΠΡΗΣΘΗΝΑΙ, ἐμπρησθηναι
EMPRĒSTHĒNAI, emprēsthēnai
Sounds Like: em-PRAI-thay-nai
Translations: to be burned, to be set on fire, to be consumed by fire
From the root: ΕΜΠΡΗΘΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the aorist passive infinitive form of the verb 'empraithō'. It means 'to be burned' or 'to be set on fire'. It describes the action of something being ignited or consumed by flames, often implying destruction or damage by fire. As an infinitive, it functions like 'to burn' or 'to be burned' in English, often used after verbs like 'it is possible' or 'they tried'.
Inflection: Aorist, Passive, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G1709 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 7:7
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΜΠΡΗΘΩ.
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.
- ἘΜΠΡΗΣΑΝΤΑΣ — having burned, those who burned, setting on fire, having set on fire
- ἘΜΠΡΗΣΑΝΤΕΣ — having burned, having set on fire, having consumed by fire
- ἘΜΠΡΗΣΑΣ — having burned, having set on fire, having consumed by fire
- ἘΜΠΡΗΣΑΤΕ — set on fire, burn up, kindle
- ἘΜΠΡΗΣΘΕΝ — burned, having been burned, set on fire, having been set on fire
- ἘΜΠΡΗΣΟΝΤΕΣ — about to burn, intending to burn, will burn, going to burn
- ἘΜΠΡΗΣΟΥΣΙΝ — they will burn up, they will set on fire, they will consume by fire
- ἘΝΠΡΗΣΕΙΣ — you will burn, you will set on fire
- ΕΜΠΡΗΣΑΣ — having set on fire, having burned, having consumed by fire
- ΕΜΠΡΗΣΘΕΙΣ — having been burned, having been set on fire, having been consumed by fire
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