ἘΠΕΦΩΣΚΕΝ, ἐπεφωσκεν
EPEPHŌSKEN, epephōsken
Sounds Like: eh-peh-PHOH-sken
Translations: was dawning, was approaching, was beginning to grow light
From the root: ΕΠΙΦΩΣΚΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes the process of light appearing, specifically the dawning of a new day. It is used to indicate that the day was breaking or that light was beginning to appear. It is a compound word, formed from the preposition ΕΠΙ (epi), meaning 'upon' or 'on', and the verb ΦΩΣΚΩ (phōskō), meaning 'to grow light' or 'to dawn'.
Inflection: Imperfect, Active, Indicative, Third Person, Singular
Strong’s number: G2017 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Luke — 23:54
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΙΦΩΣΚΩ.
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.
- ΕΠΙΦΩΣΚΟΥΣΗ — (of) dawning, (of) breaking, (of) appearing, (to) dawning, (to) breaking, (to) appearing
- ΕΠΙΦΩΣΚΩ — to dawn, to begin to grow light, to appear, to shine upon
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