ἘΡΩΝ, ἐρων
ERŌN, erōn
Sounds Like: eh-RON
Translations: loving, a lover, one who loves
From the root: ἘΡΑΩ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word is the present active participle of the verb 'ἐράω' (eraō), meaning 'to love' or 'to be in love with'. It describes someone who is actively engaged in the act of loving or is characterized as a lover. It can function as an adjective modifying a noun or as a substantive (a noun) itself, referring to 'a lover' or 'one who loves'.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine, Present, Active, Participle
Strong’s number: G2037 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 10:43
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Mathetes
- Letter to Diognetus — 9:1
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
- ἘΡΑΣΘΗΤΕ — love, desire, be in love with
- 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
- ἘΡΩΝΤΕΣ — loving, desiring, longing for, being in love with
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