ἘΡΕΙΝ, ἐρειν
EREIN, erein
Sounds Like: eh-REIN
Translations: to say, to speak, to tell
From the root: ἘΡΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is the future active infinitive form of the verb 'εἴρω' (eirō), which means 'to say' or 'to speak'. It indicates an action of speaking or telling that will happen in the future. It is often used in constructions where one person is reported to say something, or to express a future intention or command.
Inflection: Future, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G2046 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 34:306
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 1:22
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 76:5
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΡΩ.
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.
- ἘΡΟΥΝΤΙ — saying, speaking, about to say, about to speak
- ΕἸΠΩΣ — they may say, they might say, they should say, they would say
- ΕἸΡΗΜΕΝΑΣ — said, spoken, mentioned, referred to
- ΕἸΡΗΜΕΝΟΥ — (of) spoken, (of) said, (of) told, (of) mentioned
- ΕἸΡΗΣΕΤΑΙ — it will be said, it will be spoken
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