ἘΠΙΣΤΗΜΗ, ἐπιστημη
EPISTĒMĒ, epistēmē
Sounds Like: ep-ee-STAY-may
Translations: knowledge, understanding, skill, a knowledge, an understanding, a skill
From the root: ΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to knowledge, understanding, or skill, often implying a systematic or scientific comprehension of a subject. It can be used to describe intellectual understanding, practical skill, or even divine wisdom. It is typically used in a general sense to denote the possession of information or ability.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G1922 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Barnabus
- Letter of Barnabas — 2:3
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 6:33
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Exodus — 36:1
- Deuteronomy — 32:28
- Nehemiah — 8:8
- Judith — 11:8
- 4 Maccabees — 5:35, 11:21
- Psalms of Solomon — 2:37
- Odes — 2:28
- Job — 12:12, 12:16, 26:12, 28:28, 34:35
- Wisdom — 7:16
- Sirach — 19:22, 26:13, 35:3, 38:3
- Isaiah — 33:6
- Ezekiel — 28:3, 28:4, 28:5, 28:17
- Daniel (Old Greek) — 2:21
The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΗ.
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.
- ἘΞἘΠΙΣΤΗΜΗΣ — from knowledge, with knowledge, with skill, expertly, knowingly, by design
- ἘΠΙΣΤΗ — knowledge, understanding, skill, a knowledge, an understanding, a skill
- ἘΠΙΣΤΗΜΗΝ — knowledge, understanding, skill, science, a knowledge, an understanding
- ἘΠΙΣΤΙΚΟΣ — knowing, knowledgeable, understanding, a knowing one, a knowledgeable one, an understanding one
- ΕΠΙΣΤΗ — knowledge, understanding, skill, science
- ΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΗ — knowledge, understanding, skill, science, a science
- ΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΗΝ — knowledge, a knowledge, understanding, skill
- ΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΗΣ — of knowledge, of understanding, of skill, of science
- ΕΠΙΣΤΗΜ‾Η‾ — knowledge, understanding, skill, science
- ΕΠΙΣΤΗΣΗΣ — (of) knowledge, (of) understanding, (of) skill
- ΣΤΗΜΗΝ — knowledge, understanding, skill, science
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