ἘΠΕΦΩΝΟΥΝ, ἐπεφωνουν
EPEPHŌNOUN, epephōnoun
Sounds Like: eh-peh-PHOH-noon
Translations: they were shouting, they were crying out, they were calling out
From the root: ΕΠΙΦΩΝΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the preposition 'ἐπί' (epi), meaning 'upon' or 'to', and the verb 'φωνέω' (phōneō), meaning 'to sound' or 'to speak'. Together, it means to shout at, call out to, or exclaim. It describes an action of speaking loudly or crying out, often in a public or emphatic manner. In the provided context, it refers to a group of people shouting or crying out.
Inflection: Imperfect, Active, Indicative, 3rd Person Plural
Strong’s number: G2036 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΙΦΩΝΕΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΕΦΩΝΕΙ — he was calling out, he was shouting, he was crying out
- ἘΠΕΦΩΝΗΣΑΝ — they cried out, they shouted, they exclaimed
- ἘΠΗΦΙΕΣΑΝ — they shouted, they cried out, they called out
- ἘΠΙΦΩΝΗΣΑΝΤΩΝ — having shouted, having cried out, having exclaimed, having called out
- ἘΠΙΦΩΝΗΣΑΣ — having called out, having exclaimed, having shouted, having cried out
- ΕΠΕΦΩΝΕΙ — was crying out, was shouting, was calling out, was exclaiming
- ΕΠΕΦΩΝΟΥ — they were crying out, they were shouting, they were calling out, they were exclaiming
- ΕΠΕΦΩΝΟΥΝ — they were shouting, they were crying out, they were calling out, they were exclaiming
- ΕΠΙΦΩΝΕΩ — to cry out, to shout, to exclaim, to call out
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