ἘΣΤΟΧΑΣΑΜΗΝ, ἐστοχασαμην
ESTOCHASAMĒN, estochasamēn
Sounds Like: es-to-KHA-sa-meen
Translations: I aimed, I guessed, I conjectured, I supposed, I inferred, I formed an opinion
From the root: ΣΤΟΧΑΖΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning to aim at, to guess, to conjecture, or to suppose. It implies forming an opinion or making an inference based on available information, often without complete certainty. It can be used in contexts where one is trying to hit a target (literally or figuratively) or to figure something out.
Inflection: Aorist, Indicative, Middle Voice, 1st Person Singular
Strong’s number: G4788 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Seven — 11:19
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΤΟΧΑΖΟΜΑΙ.
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.
- ἘΣΤΟΧΑΣΘΑΙ — to aim at, to guess, to conjecture, to infer
- ἘΣΤΟΧΑΣΜΕΝΟΣ — aimed at, having aimed, conjectured, having conjectured, guessed, having guessed, considered, having considered
- ΗΣΤΟΧΗΣΑΝ — they missed, they failed, they erred, they deviated
- ΣΤΟΧΑΖΕΣΘΑΙ — to aim at, to guess, to conjecture, to infer, to hit the mark, to speculate
- ΣΤΟΧΑΖΟΜΑΙ — to aim, to guess, to conjecture, to speculate, to infer, to hit the mark, to hit upon
- ΣΤΟΧΑΖΟΜΕΝΟΙ — aiming, considering, guessing, conjecturing, inferring, concluding, reckoning, supposing
- ΣΤΟΧΑΖΟΜΕΝΟΣ — aiming, aiming at, considering, conjecturing, guessing, speculating, hitting the mark, hitting upon
- ΣΤΟΧΑΖΟΜΕΝΟΥΣ — aiming, guessing, considering, inferring, those aiming, those guessing, those considering, those inferring
- ΣΤΟΧΑΖΟΜΕΝΩΝ — aiming, considering, conjecturing, guessing, speculating, a person aiming, a person considering
- ΣΤΟΧΑΣΑΙ — aim, aim at, guess, conjecture, consider, reflect, think, contemplate
- ΣΤΟΧΑΣΑΜΕΝΟΣ — having aimed, having considered, having concluded, having guessed, having speculated
- ΣΤΟΧΑΣΑΣΘΑΙ — to aim, to guess, to conjecture, to infer, to estimate, to speculate
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