ἘΣΤΙΛΒΕΝ, ἐστιλβεν
ESTILBEN, estilben
Sounds Like: es-TIL-ben
Translations: it shone, it gleamed, it glittered
From the root: ΣΤΙΛΒΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the third person singular imperfect indicative active form of the verb 'stilbō'. It describes an action that was ongoing or repeated in the past, meaning 'it was shining' or 'it used to shine'. It is used to describe something that reflects light brightly, such as a polished surface or a radiant object.
Inflection: Third Person, Singular, Imperfect, Indicative, Active
Strong’s number: G4744 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 1 Maccabees — 6:39
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 9 — 2:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΤΙΛΒΩ.
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.
- ΕΣΤΙΛΒΕΝ — it was shining, it shone, it was gleaming, it gleamed
- ΣΤΙΛΒ — to shine, to glitter, to gleam, to be resplendent
- ΣΤΙΛΒΕΙ — shines, gleams, glitters, is bright
- ΣΤΙΛΒΕΙΝ — to shine, to gleam, to glitter, to be bright
- ΣΤΙΛΒΗΣ — brightness, splendor, a brightness, a splendor
- ΣΤΙΛΒΟΝΤΑ — shining, glistening, dazzling, gleaming
- ΣΤΙΛΒΟΝΤΟΣ — shining, glistening, gleaming, polished, bright
- ΣΤΙΛΒΟΥΣΗΣ — of shining, of gleaming, of glittering
- ΣΤΙΛΒΩ — to shine, to glisten, to flash, to make bright
- ΣΤΙΛΒΩΣΕΙ — he will shine, he will flash, he will make bright, he will polish
- ΣΤΙΛΨΩΣΙΝ — they will shine, they will make bright, they will polish
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