ἘΝΕΤΕΛΛΟΝΤΟ, ἐνετελλοντο
ENETELLONTO, enetellonto
Sounds Like: en-TEL-lon-toh
Translations: they were commanding, they were enjoining, they were instructing, they were charging
From the root: ἘΝΤΈΛΛΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the third person plural imperfect middle/passive indicative form of the verb 'entellomai'. It describes an ongoing or repeated action in the past, meaning 'they were commanding' or 'they were instructing'. In the middle voice, it could imply that they were commanding for themselves or on their own behalf. In the passive voice, it would mean 'they were being commanded'. It is used to convey the act of giving orders, instructions, or a charge to someone.
Inflection: Third Person, Plural, Imperfect, Middle or Passive, Indicative
Strong’s number: G1781 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 4:6
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΝΤΈΛΛΟΜΑΙ.
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.
- ἘΝΕΤΕΙΛΑΜΕΘΑ — we commanded, we instructed, we charged, we enjoined
- ἘΝΕΤΕΙΛΑΣΘΕ — you commanded, you ordered, you charged
- ἘΝΕΤΕΛΛΕΤΟ — he was commanding, she was commanding, it was commanding, he commanded, she commanded, it commanded, he was charging, she was charging, it was charging, he charged, she charged, it charged
- ἘΝΤΕΙΛΑΜΗΝ — I commanded, I ordered, I charged
- ἘΝΤΕΙΛΑΣΘΑΙ — to command, to order, to instruct, to charge
- ἘΝΤΕΙΛΑΣΘΕ — command, order, charge, instruct
- ἘΝΤΕΤΑΛΣΑΙ — you have commanded, you have been commanded, you have charged, you have been charged
- ἘΝΤΕΤΑΛΤΑΙ — it has been commanded, it has been ordered, it has been enjoined
- ἘΝΤΕΤΑΛΤΟ — it had been commanded, it had been ordered, it has been commanded, it has been ordered
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