ἘΡΑΣΘΗΤΕ, ἐρασθητε
ERASTHĒTE, erasthēte
Sounds Like: eh-ras-THEH-teh
Translations: love, desire, be in love with
From the root: ἘΡΑΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is an aorist passive imperative, meaning 'be loved' or 'fall in love'. In Koine Greek, it often carries the sense of a strong, passionate desire or love. It functions as a command or exhortation to experience or engage in such a feeling. While the active voice means 'to love' or 'to desire', the passive imperative here implies 'be loved' or 'let yourselves be loved/desired', or more idiomatically, 'fall in love' or 'be passionately devoted'.
Inflection: Aorist, Passive, Imperative, Second Person Plural
Strong’s number: G2038 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Ignatius of Antioch
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Romans — 2:1
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΡΑΩ.
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.
- ἘΡΑΝ — to love, to be in love with, to desire
- ἘΡΑΣΗ — you will love, you will desire
- ἘΡΑΣΘΗΝΑΙ — to love, to fall in love with, to desire
- ἘΡΑΣΤΗΣ — lover, a lover, admirer, an admirer, devotee, a devotee
- ἘΡΑΤΩΣΑΝ — they loved, let them love
- ἘΡΩΜΕΝΟΥ — of a beloved one, of a lover, of a darling, of a paramour, of a loved one
- ἘΡΩΝ — loving, a lover, one who loves
- ἘΡΩΝΤΕΣ — loving, desiring, longing for, being in love with
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