ἘΠΙΔΡΟΜΑΣ, ἐπιδρομας
EPIDROMAS, epidromas
Sounds Like: ep-ee-dro-MAS
Translations: raids, attacks, incursions, (of) raids, (of) attacks, (of) incursions
From the root: ΕΠΙΔΡΟΜΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a sudden attack, an incursion, or a raid, often by an enemy. It is a compound word formed from the preposition ἐπί (epi), meaning 'upon' or 'against', and δρόμος (dromos), meaning 'a course' or 'a running'. Thus, it literally means 'a running upon' or 'a rushing against'. It is typically used to describe hostile military movements.
Inflection: Plural, Genitive or Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G1901 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 12 — 7:326
Josephus' The Jewish War
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 71:394
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΙΔΡΟΜΗ.
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.
- ἘΠΙΔΡΟΜΑΙΣ — (to) raids, (to) incursions, (to) attacks, (to) assaults
- ἘΠΙΔΡΟΜΗΝ — attack, an attack, assault, an assault, incursion, an incursion, raid, a raid
- ἘΠΙΔΡΟΜΗΣ — of an incursion, of an attack, of a raid, of an onset, of a rush, of a concourse
- ΕΠΙΔΡΟΜΗ — incursion, attack, assault, a raid
- ΕΠΙΔΡΟΜΗΣ — (of) an incursion, (of) an attack, (of) a raid, (of) a hostile movement
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