ἘΦΑΛΟΜΕΝΟΣ, ἐφαλομενος
EPHALOMENOS, ephalomenos
Sounds Like: eh-fah-LOH-meh-nos
Translations: leaping upon, springing upon, assaulting, attacking
From the root: ΕΦΑΛΛΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Participle, Verb
Explanation: This word is a participle derived from the verb 'ephallomai', meaning 'to leap upon' or 'to spring upon'. It describes an action of forcefully moving onto something or someone, often with an aggressive or hostile intent, such as an attack or an assault. As a participle, it functions like an adjective or adverb, describing the subject performing the action.
Inflection: Masculine, Singular, Nominative, Aorist, Middle Voice
Strong’s number: G2177 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Acts — 19:16
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΦΑΛΛΟΜΑΙ.
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.
- ΕΦΑΛΛΟΜΕΝΟΣ — leaping upon, springing upon, jumping upon, rushing upon
- ΕΦΑΛΟΜΕΝΟΣ — leaping upon, springing upon, having leaped upon, having sprung upon
- ΕΦΗΛΑΤΟ — he leaped upon, he sprang upon, he mounted upon
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