2001 Translation

EPESTHIEIN, epesthiein

Sounds Like: ep-es-THEE-ayn

Translations: to eat upon, to eat besides, to eat in addition

From the root: ΕΣΘΙΩ

Part of Speech: Verb

Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the preposition 'ἐπί' (epi), meaning 'upon' or 'in addition to', and the verb 'ἐσθίω' (esthio), meaning 'to eat'. Therefore, it means to eat something that is on top of something else, or to eat in addition to something already being eaten. It describes the action of consuming food in a supplementary or superimposed manner.

Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive

Strong’s number: G1987 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 4 — 8:235

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΣΘΙΩ.

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.

• ἘΔΕΣΘΕ — you will eat, you shall eat
• ἘΔΟΝΤΑΙ — they will eat, they will consume
• ἘΣΘ — eating, devouring, consuming, to eat, to devour, to consume
• ἘΣΘΕΤΑΙ — eats, is eaten, to eat, to be eaten
• ἘΣΘΕΤΕ — you eat, eat, to eat
• ἘΣΘΙΕΙ — eats, is eating, to eat
• ἘΣΘΙΕΙΝ — to eat, to consume, to devour
• ἘΣΘΙΕΤΕ — you eat, you are eating, eat
• ἘΣΘΙΕΤΩ — let him eat, he must eat, he should eat
• ἘΣΘΙΕΤΩΣΑΝ — let them eat, they shall eat
• ἘΣΘΙΟΜΕΝ — we eat, we are eating
• ἘΣΘΙΟΝΤΙ — eating, one who eats, to one who eats, for one who eats
• ἘΣΘΙΟΥΣΙΝ — they eat, they are eating
• ἘΣΘΙΩΣΙΝ — they eat, they may eat, they are eating
• ἘΣΘΟΝΤΑ — eating, having eaten, those eating, those who eat
• ἘΣΘΟΝΤΕΣ — eating, having eaten, those eating, those who eat
• ἘΣΘΟΝΤΟΣ — of eating, of one eating, of devouring, of consuming
• ἘΣΘΟΥΣΑΙ — eating, those who eat, the ones eating
• ἘΣΘΟΥΣΑΝ — eating, one eating, a female eating
• ἘΣΘΩΝ — eating, devouring, one who eats, an eating one
• ἘΦΑΓΑΜΕΝ — we ate, we have eaten
• ἘΦΑΓΕΝ — ate, did eat, consumed
• ἘΦΑΓΟΜΕΝ — we ate, we did eat
• ἘΦΑΓΟΝ — ate, did eat, have eaten
• ἘΦΑΓΟΣΑΝ — they ate
• ΕΔΕΣΘΑΙ — to eat, to consume, to devour, to partake of
• ΕΔΕΣΘΗΤΕ — you ate, you did eat, you have eaten
• ΕΔΕΤΑΙ — eats, is eating, consumes, devours, is consumed, is devoured
• ΕΔΕΤΕ — you ate, you have eaten
• ΕΔΟΝΤΕ — eating, devouring, consuming, to eat, to devour, to consume
• ΕΔΟΝΤΕΣ — eating, having eaten, those who ate
• ΕΙΣΤΙΩΝΤΟ — they were eating, they ate, they used to eat
• ΕΠΗΣΘΙΕΝ — they were eating, they ate, they used to eat
• ΕΣΘΑΙΩ — to eat, to consume, to devour, to partake, to feed
• ΕΣΘΕΙΕ — eat, consume, devour, partake
• ΕΣΘΕΤΕ — you eat, you are eating, eat
• ΕΣΘΗΘΗΣΕΣΘΑΙ — to be eaten
• ΕΣΘΙ — to eat, to consume, to devour, to feed on
• ΕΣΘΙΕ — eat, consume, devour, feed
• ΕΣΘΙΕΙ — eats, is eating, consumes, devours
• ΕΣΘΙΕΙΝ — to eat, to consume, to devour
• ΕΣΘΙΕΝ — to eat, to consume, to devour, to partake
• ΕΣΘΙΕΤΑΙ — is eaten, is being eaten, is consumed
• ΕΣΘΙΕΤΕ — you eat, eat, devour, consume
• ΕΣΘΙΕΤΩ — let him eat, he must eat, let it eat, it must eat
• ΕΣΘΙΗ — eat, to eat, devour, consume
• ΕΣΘΙΗΤΑΙ — they have eaten, they have been eating, they are eating, they are accustomed to eat
• ΕΣΘΙΗΤΕ — you eat, you may eat, you should eat
• ΕΣΘΙΟΝΤΑ — eating, devouring, consuming, a devourer, a consumer
• ΕΣΘΙΟΝΤΑΙΣ — eating, devouring, consuming, partaking
• ΕΣΘΙΟΝΤΕΣ — eating, devouring, consuming, those who eat, those who devour, those who consume
• ΕΣΘΙΟΝΤΙ — eating, to eat, while eating, by eating
• ΕΣΘΙΟΝΤΟΣ — of eating, of one eating, of him eating
• ΕΣΘΙΟΝΤΩΝ — (of) eating, (of) those eating, (of) them eating
• ΕΣΘΙΟΥΣΙΝ — they eat, they are eating, they consume, they devour
• ΕΣΘΙΩ — eat, devour, consume, partake, feed
• ΕΣΘΙΩΝ — eating, one who eats, while eating, as he eats
• ΕΣΘΙΩΣΙΝ — they eat, they are eating, they will eat
• ΕΣΘΟΝΤΑΙΣ — to eat, eating, devouring, consuming
• ΕΣΘΟΝΤΕΣ — eating, those who eat, devouring, consuming
• ΕΣΘΟΝΤΟΣ — (of) eating, (of) having eaten, (of) consuming
• ΕΣΘΟΤΕΣ — eating, having eaten, those who eat
• ΕΣΘΩΝ — eating, devouring, consuming, let them eat, let them devour, let them consume
• ΕΣΘΩΝΤΑΙ — they eat, they are eating, they may eat, they might eat
• ΕΣΙΣΘΗ — he was eaten, she was eaten, it was eaten
• ΕΣΙΣΘΗΣΑΝ — they ate, they were eaten, they consumed
• ΕΦΑΓΕ — ate, he ate, she ate, it ate
• ΕΦΑΓΟΜΕΝ — we ate, we have eaten
• ΕΦΑΓΟΣΑΝ — they ate, they did eat, they consumed
• ἨΣΘΙΕ — he was eating, she was eating, it was eating, he ate, she ate, it ate
• ἨΣΘΙΕΤΕ — you were eating, you ate, you used to eat
• ΗΣΘΗΜΕΝ — we ate, we have eaten, we were eating
• ΗΣΘΙΕΝ — to eat, to consume, to devour, to partake of food
• ΗΣΘΙΟΜΕΝ — we were eating, we ate, we are eating
• ΗΣΘΙΟΝ — they were eating, they ate, they used to eat
• ΦΑΓΕΣΘΑΙ — to eat, to consume
• ΦΑΓΗΤΕ — you eat, you may eat, eat
• ΦΑΓΟΜΕΘΑ — we will eat, let us eat
• ΦΑΓΩΜΕ — we may eat, let us eat
• ΦΑΓΩΝΤΑΙ — they may eat, they might eat, they will eat, they shall eat
• ΦΑΤΕ — eat, devour, consume

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