ἘΠΙΔΙΩΞΑΣ, ἐπιδιωξας
EPIDIŌXAS, epidiōxas
Sounds Like: eh-pee-dee-OHK-sas
Translations: having pursued, pursuing, after pursuing
From the root: ἘΠΙΔΙΩΚΩ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word is an aorist active participle derived from the verb 'ἐπιδιώκω', meaning 'to pursue closely' or 'to chase after'. It describes an action that was completed before another action, or an action that is the cause or circumstance of another. As a participle, it functions like an adjective modifying a noun or pronoun, while also retaining verbal properties such as tense and voice. It is a compound word formed from the preposition 'ἐπί' (upon, over, in addition to) and the verb 'διώκω' (to pursue, to chase).
Inflection: Aorist Active Participle, Masculine, Singular, Nominative
Strong’s number: G1930 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 9 — 6:121
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΠΙΔΙΩΚΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΙΔΙΩΚΕΙΝ — to pursue, to chase after, to follow after, to run after
- ἘΠΙΔΙΩΚΩΝ — pursuing, chasing after, following after, running after
- ἘΠΙΔΙΩΞΑΝΤΑ — having pursued, having chased, having persecuted, having followed after
- ἘΠΙΔΙΩΞΑΝΤΑΣ — having pursued, those who pursued, to pursue, to chase after, to follow after
- ἘΠΙΔΙΩΞΟΝΤΑΣ — pursuing, chasing after, following after, running after
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