ἘΦΕΣΤΗΚΟΤΩΝ, ἐφεστηκοτων
EPHESTĒKOTŌN, ephestēkotōn
Sounds Like: eh-fes-TAY-koh-tohn
Translations: (of) those standing over, (of) those being present, (of) those being at hand, (of) those being in charge of
From the root: ἘΦΊΣΤΗΜΙ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is a perfect active participle, genitive plural, of the verb ephistēmi. It describes a state of having stood over, being present, or being in charge. It is often used to refer to people who are in authority or who are currently present in a situation.
Inflection: Plural, Genitive, Masculine, Feminine or Neuter, Perfect Active Participle
Strong’s number: G2186 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 1 Kings — 2:46
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΦΊΣΤΗΜΙ.
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.
- ἘΦΕΣΤΗΚΕΙ — had stood over, had stood by, had been present, had been at hand, had come upon
- ἘΦΕΣΤΗΚΩΣ — standing over, standing by, standing upon, present, in charge of, appointed over, having stood over
- ἘΦΙΣΤΑΜΕΝΟΙ — standing over, standing by, coming upon, appearing, presenting oneself, assailing
- ΤΟΝἘΦΕΣΤΩΤΑ — the one standing over, the one standing by, the one standing near, the one set over, the one in charge, the one present, the one imminent
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