ἘΦΕΡΟΝΤΟΤΟΝ, ἐφεροντοτον
EPHERONTOTON, epherontoton
Sounds Like: eh-FEH-ron-toh-TON
Translations: they were being carried, they were being brought, they were bearing, they were bringing, the
From the root: ΦΕΡΩ, Ο
Part of Speech: Verb, Article
Explanation: This word is a compound of the verb 'ἐφέροντο' (epheronto) and the definite article 'τόν' (ton). 'Ἐφέροντο' is the 3rd person plural imperfect middle or passive indicative form of the verb φέρω (pherō), meaning 'to carry,' 'to bear,' or 'to bring.' In the middle voice, it could mean 'they were bearing for themselves' or 'they were bringing for themselves.' In the passive voice, it means 'they were being carried' or 'they were being brought.' The article 'τόν' is the masculine singular accusative form of 'ὁ' (ho), meaning 'the.' The combination 'ἐφέροντοτόν' is highly unusual and suggests a possible scribal error, a very rare or idiosyncratic construction, or a misinterpretation of the text where 'ἐφέροντο' and 'τόν' are two separate words that happen to be written together without a space. If it is a single word, it would imply 'they were being carried the' or 'they were bearing the,' which is grammatically incomplete or nonsensical in standard Koine Greek. It is most likely a transcription error where two words were joined.
Inflection: 3rd Person Plural, Imperfect, Middle or Passive, Indicative (for ἐφέροντο); Masculine, Singular, Accusative (for τόν)
Strong’s numbers: G5342 (Lookup on BibleHub), G3588 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Unknown: Yes
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 7:145
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΕΡΩ, Ο.
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.
- ΦΕΡΟΝΤΕΣΤΩΝ — bearing, carrying, bringing, enduring, of the, of those
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