ἘΠΙΣΤΟΜΙΟΥΝΤΑΣ, ἐπιστομιουντας
EPISTOMIOUNTAS, epistomiountas
Sounds Like: ep-is-toh-mee-OO-n-tas
Translations: muzzling, stopping the mouth, silencing, refuting
From the root: ΕΠΙΣΤΟΜΙΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word is a participle form of the verb 'epistomizo', meaning to muzzle, to stop the mouth, or to silence someone. It implies a forceful or authoritative act of silencing or refuting, often used in the context of stopping someone from speaking or arguing. It can be used to describe the action of someone who is actively muzzling or silencing others.
Inflection: Plural, Masculine, Accusative, Present, Active
Strong’s number: G1993 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 17 — 10:251
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΙΣΤΟΜΙΖΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΙΣΤΟΜΙΖΕΙΝ — to muzzle, to stop the mouth, to silence, to stop, to shut up
- ἘΠΙΣΤΟΠΟΙΕΙΤΟ — was silencing, was stopping the mouth, was muzzling, was bridling
- ΕΠΙΣΤΟΜΙΖΕΙΝ — to muzzle, to stop the mouth, to silence, to put to silence, to refute
- ΕΠΙΣΤΟΜΙΖΩ — to bridle, to stop the mouth, to silence, to muzzle
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