ἘΠΕΛΘΟΝΤΕΣΑΥ̓ΤΟΙ, ἐπελθοντεσαὐτοι
EPELTHONTESAUTOI, epelthontesautoi
Sounds Like: eh-pel-THON-tes-OW-toy
Translations: having come upon them, having come upon themselves, having come upon them, they themselves having come upon
From the root: ΕΡΧΟΜΑΙ, ΑΥΤΟΣ
Part of Speech: Participle, Pronoun
Explanation: This is a compound phrase formed by the aorist active participle of the verb 'ἐπέρχομαι' (epérchomai), meaning 'to come upon' or 'to approach', combined with the nominative masculine plural of the pronoun 'αὐτός' (autós), meaning 'they themselves' or 'them'. The phrase describes an action of coming upon or approaching, with the emphasis on 'they themselves' as the ones performing the action or being the object of the action depending on context. It indicates that a group of people performed the action of coming upon someone or something.
Inflection: Participle: Aorist, Active, Masculine, Nominative, Plural; Pronoun: Masculine, Nominative, Plural
Strong’s numbers: G1904 (Lookup on BibleHub), G846 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 6:23
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΡΧΟΜΑΙ, ΑΥΤΟΣ.
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- ἘΛΘΕΙΝΑΥ̓ΤΟΝ — to come him, to go him, to come himself, to go himself
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