ἘΠΙΚΟΣΜΩΝ, ἐπικοσμων
EPIKOSMŌN, epikosmōn
Sounds Like: eh-pee-kos-MOHN
Translations: adorning, beautifying, decorating, embellishing
From the root: ΕΠΙΚΟΣΜΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb (Participle)
Explanation: This word is a compound verb, formed from the preposition 'ἐπί' (epi), meaning 'upon' or 'in addition to', and the verb 'κοσμέω' (kosmeo), meaning 'to arrange', 'to adorn', or 'to decorate'. Therefore, 'ἐπικοσμέω' means to adorn or beautify something further or in addition. As a participle, it describes an action that is ongoing, such as 'one who is adorning' or 'while adorning'. It can be used to describe the act of adding ornamentation or making something more beautiful.
Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Masculine or Neuter, Nominative or Accusative, Singular
Strong’s number: G1947 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 16 — 5:138
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΙΚΟΣΜΕΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΕΚΟΣΜΟΥΝ — they were adorning, they were beautifying, they were decorating
- ἘΠΙΚΟΣΜΗΣΑΣ — having adorned, having embellished, having decorated, having beautified
- ΕΠΙΚΟΣΜΕΩ — to adorn, to beautify, to decorate
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