ἘΠΙΔΕΟΜΕΝΟΥ, ἐπιδεομενου
EPIDEOMENOU, epideomenou
Sounds Like: ep-ee-deh-OH-meh-noo
Translations: needing, being in need of, lacking, being deficient, being in want of
From the root: ΕΠΙΔΕΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from the preposition ἐπί (epi), meaning 'upon' or 'in addition to', and the verb δέομαι (deomai), meaning 'to beg, pray, or need'. Therefore, it means to be in need of something, to lack, or to be deficient. It describes a state of wanting or requiring something, often with an implication of dependence or necessity. It is typically used with a genitive object to indicate what is being needed.
Inflection: Present, Middle/Passive, Participle, Singular, Genitive, Masculine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G1933 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 4:5
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Deuteronomy — 15:7
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΙΔΕΟΜΑΙ.
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.
- ἘΠΙΔΕΕΤΑΙ — needs, lacks, is in need of, requires
- ἘΠΙΔΕΗΘΕΙΣ — having been entreated, having been begged, having been implored
- ἘΠΙΔΕΟΜΕΝΟΙΣ — (to) those needing in addition, (to) those lacking, (to) those in want
- ἘΠΙΔΕΟΜΕΝΩ — needing, being in need, being in want, lacking, a needy one, a person in need
- ἘΠΙΔΕΟΜΕΝΩΝ — of those needing, of those lacking, of those in need
- ΕΠΙΔΕΗΣΕΙΣ — you will need, you will lack, you will be in want, you will beg
- ΕΠΙΔΕΟΜΕΝΩ — needing, lacking, being in need of, being deficient, being in want of
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