ἘΦΗΔΟΜΕΝΟΣ, ἐφηδομενος
EPHĒDOMENOS, ephēdomenos
Sounds Like: ef-ay-DOH-me-nos
Translations: rejoicing in, delighting in, taking pleasure in, enjoying
From the root: ΕΦΗΔΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is a participle derived from the verb 'ephēdomai', meaning 'to rejoice in' or 'to delight in'. It describes someone who is currently taking pleasure or finding enjoyment in something. It is often followed by a dative case, indicating the object of one's delight.
Inflection: Present, Middle/Passive, Masculine, Singular, Nominative
Strong’s number: G2176 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 24:12
Mathetes
- Letter to Diognetus — 9:1
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΦΗΔΟΜΑΙ.
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.
- ἘΦΗΔΕΣΘΑΙ — to rejoice over, to delight in, to take pleasure in, to gloat over
- ΕΦΗΔΕΣΘΑΙ — to rejoice over, to delight in, to take pleasure in
- ΕΦΗΔΟΜΕΝΩΝ — of delighting in, of taking pleasure in, of rejoicing in
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