ἘΠΙΒΑΙΝΟΝΤΩΝ, ἐπιβαινοντων
EPIBAINONTŌN, epibainontōn
Sounds Like: ep-ee-BAH-ee-non-tone
Translations: of those who were going upon, of those who were stepping on, of those who were embarking, of those who were mounting, of those who were landing
From the root: ἘΠΙΒΑΙΝΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is a present active participle, genitive plural, derived from the verb ἐπιβαίνω (epibainō). The verb ἐπιβαίνω is a compound word formed from the preposition ἐπί (epi), meaning 'upon' or 'on', and the verb βαίνω (bainō), meaning 'to go' or 'to step'. Therefore, the verb means 'to go upon', 'to step on', 'to mount', 'to embark', or 'to land'. As a participle, it describes an action happening concurrently with the main verb, functioning like an adjective or adverb. In the genitive plural, it refers to 'those who are going upon' or 'those who are stepping on' something.
Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Genitive, Plural, Masculine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G1910 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 15:19
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΠΙΒΑΙΝΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΕΒΗ — he went up, he came upon, he stepped on, he mounted, he entered, he embarked
- ἘΠΙΒΑΙΝΕΙ — to go upon, to step on, to mount, to enter, to set foot on, to come upon, to embark
- ἘΠΙΒΑΙΝΟΝΤΙ — to him who steps on, to him who goes upon, to him who mounts, to him who embarks, to him who treads on
- ἘΠΙΒΑΙΝΟΝΤΟΣ — of embarking, of going upon, of stepping on, of mounting, of entering
- ἘΠΙΒΑΙΝΩ — to step on, to go upon, to embark, to mount, to enter, to ascend
- ἘΠΙΒΕΒΗΚΩΣ — having mounted, having ridden, mounted upon, riding upon
- ἘΠΙΒΗΝΑΙ — to go up, to step on, to mount, to embark, to set foot on
- ἘΠΙΒΗΣΟΜΑΙ — I will step upon, I will go upon, I will mount, I will embark
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