ἘΠΕΛΕΚΗΣΑΝ, ἐπελεκησαν
EPELEKĒSAN, epelekēsan
Sounds Like: eh-peh-LEH-kay-sahn
Translations: they hewed, they cut with an axe, they chopped
From the root: ΠΕΛΕΚΑΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning 'to hew' or 'to cut with an axe'. It describes the action of cutting or shaping something, typically wood or stone, using an axe or similar tool. It is used to indicate that a group of people performed this action in the past.
Inflection: Aorist, Indicative, Active, Third Person Plural
Strong’s number: G3989 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 1 Kings — 6:3
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΕΛΕΚΑΩ.
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.
- ΕΠΕΛΕΚΗΣΑΝ — they hewed, they cut with an axe, they chopped
- ΠΕΛΕΚΗΤΑ — hewn, cut, dressed, a hewn, a cut, a dressed
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