ἘΠΕΚΟΣΜΟΥΝ, ἐπεκοσμουν
EPEKOSMOUN, epekosmoun
Sounds Like: eh-peh-KOS-moon
Translations: they were adorning, they were beautifying, they were decorating
From the root: ΕΠΙΚΟΣΜΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb, formed from the prefix ἐπί (epi, meaning 'upon' or 'in addition to') and the verb κοσμέω (kosmeō, meaning 'to arrange, adorn, or decorate'). In its imperfect tense form, it describes an ongoing or repeated action in the past, indicating that 'they were adorning' or 'they were beautifying' something. It implies an action of adding order, beauty, or embellishment.
Inflection: Imperfect, Active, Indicative, 3rd Person, Plural
Strong’s number: G1942 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 8 — 7:185
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΙΚΟΣΜΕΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΙΚΟΣΜΗΣΑΣ — having adorned, having embellished, having decorated, having beautified
- ἘΠΙΚΟΣΜΩΝ — adorning, beautifying, decorating, embellishing
- ΕΠΙΚΟΣΜΕΩ — to adorn, to beautify, to decorate
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