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Name of God’s Son

ἘΦΙΣΤΑΜΕΝΟΙ, ἐφισταμενοι

EPHISTAMENOI, ephistamenoi

Sounds Like: eh-FIS-tah-meh-noy

Translations: standing over, standing by, coming upon, appearing, presenting oneself, assailing

From the root: ἘΦΊΣΤΗΜΙ

Part of Speech: Verb, Participle

Explanation: This word is a present participle derived from the verb 'ἐφίστημι', which means 'to stand over, to stand by, to come upon, or to appear'. As a participle, it describes an action that is ongoing or concurrent with the main verb of the sentence. It can convey the sense of someone or something being present, approaching, or even attacking, depending on the context. It is a compound word formed from 'ἐπί' (upon, over) and 'ἵστημι' (to stand).

Inflection: Present, Middle or Passive Voice, Participle, Nominative, Vocative, or Accusative Case, Plural, Masculine or Neuter Gender

Strong’s number: G2186 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

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
  • ἘΦΕΣΤΗΚΟΤΩΝ — (of) those standing over, (of) those being present, (of) those being at hand, (of) those being in charge of
  • ἘΦΕΣΤΗΚΩΣ — standing over, standing by, standing upon, present, in charge of, appointed over, having stood over
  • 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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