ἘΠΑΝΕΣΤΗΣΑΝ, ἐπανεστησαν
EPANESTĒSAN, epanestēsan
Sounds Like: eh-pan-ES-tay-san
Translations: they rose up, they stood up, they rebelled, they rose against, they stood against, they became dim
From the root: ἘΠΑΝΙΣΤΗΜΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the prefixes ἐπί (epi, 'upon, against') and ἀνά (ana, 'up, again') combined with the verb ἵστημι (histēmi, 'to stand'). It means to rise up, to stand up, or to rebel against someone or something. In some contexts, particularly when referring to eyes, it can mean to become dim or fail. It is used to describe a group of people taking a stand, often in opposition.
Inflection: Aorist, Indicative, Active, 3rd Person Plural
Strong’s number: G1881 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Barnabus
- Letter of Barnabas — 5:13
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 17 — 6:148
Josephus' The Jewish War
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Judges — 6:31
- 1 Samuel — 4:15
- 2 Samuel — 18:32
- Judith — 13:5
- Psalms — 26:12, 53:5, 85:14
- Psalms of Solomon — 17:6
- Job — 19:19, 30:5, 30:12
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΠΑΝΙΣΤΗΜΙ.
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.
- ἘΠΑΝΑΣΤΑΝΤΟΣ — (of) having risen up, (of) having revolted, (of) having stood up against
- ἘΠΑΝΑΣΤΑΝΤΩΝ — of those who rose up, of those who revolted, of rebels
- ἘΠΑΝΑΣΤΗΣΕΙΝ — to rise up against, to revolt, to stir up rebellion, to cause to revolt
- ἘΠΑΝΑΣΤΗΣΕΤΑΙ — will rise up against, will stand up against, will rebel against
- ἘΠΑΝΕΣΤΗΚΟΤΩΝ — of those who have risen up, of those who have stood up against, of those who have revolted, of those who have rebelled
- ἘΠΑΝΙΣΤΑΜΕΝΟΙΣ — rising up against, rebelling against, revolting against, standing up against, opposing
- ἘΠΑΝΙΣΤΑΝΟΜΕΝΟΙ — rising up against, rebelling, insurrectionists, those who rise up against
- ἘΠΑΝΙΣΤΑΝΟΜΕΝΟΥΣ — those who rise up, those who rebel, those who revolt, those who stand up against, those who oppose
- ἘΠΑΝΙΣΤΑΝΟΜΕΝΩΝ — of those who rise up against, of those who rebel, of those who revolt, of insurrectionists
- ἘΠΑΝΙΣΤΑΝΤΑΙ — rise up against, rebel, stand up against, revolt
- ἘΠΑΝΙΣΤΗΣΙΝ — to rise up against, to revolt, to rebel, to stand up against
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