ἘΠΗΜΥΝΑΝ, ἐπημυναν
EPĒMYNAN, epēmynan
Sounds Like: ep-ay-MOO-nan
Translations: they helped, they assisted, they came to the rescue, they defended
From the root: ΕΠΑΜΥΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb describes the act of helping, assisting, or coming to the aid of someone, often in a defensive or protective manner. It implies providing support or relief in a difficult situation, or defending against an attack. It is typically used with a dative object, indicating the person or thing being helped.
Inflection: Aorist, Indicative, Active, 3rd Person Plural
Strong’s number: G1894 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 19:7
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΑΜΥΝΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΑΜΥΝΑΙ — to help, to assist, to defend, to come to the aid of
- ἘΠΑΜΥΝΟΥΝΤΑΣ — defending, assisting, helping, avenging
- ἘΠΑΜΥΝΩ — to help, to assist, to defend, to ward off, to come to the aid of
- ἘΠΗΜΥΝΕ — helped, assisted, came to the aid of, succored
- ἘΠΗΜΥΝΕΝ — he helped, he aided, he assisted, he defended, he came to the rescue
- ΕΠΑΜΥΝΟΝΤΑΙ — they defend, they assist, they ward off, they come to the aid of
- ΕΠΑΜΥΝΩ — to help, to assist, to defend, to succor
- ΕΠΗΜΥΝΕ — he helped, he assisted, he defended, he came to the aid of, he warded off
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