ἘΠΙΘΥΣΟΝΤΑ, ἐπιθυσοντα
EPITHYSONTA, epithysonta
Sounds Like: eh-pee-THOO-son-tah
Translations: about to sacrifice, will sacrifice, intending to sacrifice, one who is about to sacrifice
From the root: ἘΠΙΘΥΩ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word is a future active participle of the verb ἐπιθύω (epithyō), meaning 'to sacrifice upon' or 'to offer sacrifice'. As a participle, it functions like an adjective or adverb, describing someone or something that is 'about to sacrifice' or 'will sacrifice'. It indicates an action that is intended or imminent.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G1959 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 14:20
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΠΙΘΥΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΙΘΥΕΙΝ — to sacrifice upon, to offer sacrifice
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