ἘΠΗΓΓΕΛΛΟΝΤΟ, ἐπηγγελλοντο
EPĒGGELLONTO, epēggellonto
Sounds Like: ep-ang-GEL-lon-toh
Translations: they were promising, they were proclaiming, they were announcing, they were declaring
From the root: ΕΠΑΓΓΕΛΛΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb in the imperfect middle/passive indicative, third person plural. It describes an action that was ongoing or repeated in the past. In the middle voice, it means 'they were promising for themselves' or 'they were proclaiming themselves'. In the passive voice, it means 'they were being promised' or 'they were being proclaimed'. The context usually clarifies whether the middle or passive sense is intended, but often the middle voice is more common for this verb, indicating a promise made by the subjects themselves.
Inflection: Imperfect, Middle or Passive, Indicative, Third Person Plural
Strong’s number: G1861 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 20 — 4:77
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΑΓΓΕΛΛΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΑΓΓΕΛΜΑ — promise, a promise, declaration, proclamation
- ἘΠΗΓΓΕΙΛΑΜΗΝ — I promised, I announced, I proclaimed, I declared
- ἘΠΗΓΓΕΙΛΩ — you promised, you announced, you proclaimed
- ἘΠΗΓΓΕΛΘΑΙ — to have been promised, to have been announced, to have been proclaimed
- ἘΠΗΓΓΕΛΛΕΤΟ — he was promising, she was promising, it was promising, he was proclaiming, she was proclaiming, it was proclaiming
- ἘΠΗΓΓΕΛΤΑΙ — it has been promised, it has been proclaimed, it has been announced
- ΕΠΑΓΓΕΙΛΑΜΕΝΟΝ — having promised, having proclaimed, having announced, having professed
- ΕΠΑΓΓΕΙΛΑΜΕΝΟΣ — having promised, having announced, having proclaimed
- ΕΠΑΓΓΕΛΛΕΣΘΑΙ — to promise, to announce, to proclaim, to profess
- ΕΠΑΓΓΕΛΛΕΤΑΙ — he promises, she promises, it promises, he declares, she declares, it declares, he announces, she announces, it announces
- ΕΠΑΓΓΕΛΛΟΜΑΙ — to promise, to profess, to declare, to announce, to make a promise, to make a declaration
- ΕΠΑΓΓΕΛΛΟΜΕΝΑΙΣ — promising, professing, proclaiming, announcing
- ΕΠΑΓΓΕΛΛΟΜΕΝΟΙ — promising, professing, making a promise, declaring, announcing
- ΕΠΑΓΓΕΛΛΟΜΕΝΟΣ — promising, proclaiming, announcing, professing, declaring
- ΕΠΑΓΓΕΛΛΟΜΕΝΟΥ — (of) promising, (of) professing, (of) announcing, (of) declaring
- ΕΠΑΓΓΕΛΛΩ — to promise, to announce, to proclaim, to profess
- ΕΠΑΓΓΙΛΑΜΕΝΟΣ — having promised, having proclaimed, having announced, having professed
- ΕΠΗΓΓΕΙΛΑΤΟ — he promised, she promised, it promised, he proclaimed, she proclaimed, it proclaimed
- ΕΠΗΓΓΕΛΤΑΙ — it has been promised, it is promised, it has been announced, it is announced
- ΕΠΗΓΓΙΛΑΝΤΟ — they promised, they announced, they proclaimed
- ΕΠΗΓΓΙΛΑΤΟ — he promised, it promised
- ΠΗΓΓΕΙ — he promised, he announced, he proclaimed, he declared
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