ἘΠΙΓΕΛΩΝ, ἐπιγελων
EPIGELŌN, epigelōn
Sounds Like: eh-pee-geh-LON
Translations: laughing at, mocking, ridiculing
From the root: ΕΠΙΓΕΛΑΩ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word is a present active participle, meaning 'laughing at' or 'mocking'. It describes an action of derision or scorn directed towards someone or something. It is a compound word formed from the preposition 'ἐπί' (upon, over) and the verb 'γελάω' (to laugh), indicating laughter directed at or against someone.
Inflection: Present, Active, Masculine, Singular, Nominative
Strong’s number: G1949 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 6:141
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΙΓΕΛΑΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΕΓΕΛΑ — laughed at, mocked, derided
- ἘΠΕΓΕΛΑΣΕΝ — he laughed at, he mocked, he derided
- ἘΠΙΓΕΛΑΣΑΝΤΟΣ — having laughed at, having mocked, having ridiculed
- ΕΠΕΓΓΕΛΑΣΗΣ — you may laugh at, you may mock, you may deride
- ΕΠΕΓΕΛΩΝ — laughing at, mocking, deriding
- ΕΠΙΓΕΛΑΣΟΜΑΙ — I will laugh at, I will mock, I will deride
- ΕΠΙΓΕΛΑΩ — laugh at, mock, deride
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