ἘΦΥΛΑΚΙΣΘΗΣΑΝ, ἐφυλακισθησαν
EPHYLAKISTHĒSAN, ephylakisthēsan
Sounds Like: eh-foo-la-KISS-thay-san
Translations: they were imprisoned, they were put in prison, they were jailed
From the root: ΦΥΛΑΚΙΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning 'to imprison' or 'to put in prison'. It describes an action done to a group of people, indicating that they were confined or jailed. It is used to describe the state of being put into custody.
Inflection: Aorist, Indicative, Passive, Third Person, Plural
Strong’s number: G5438 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Rome
- Clement’s First Letter — 45:4
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΥΛΑΚΙΖΩ.
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.
- ΠΕΦΥΛΑΚΙΣΜΕΝΟΥΣ — imprisoned, those who have been imprisoned, having been imprisoned
- ΦΥΛΑΚΙΖΩ — to imprison, to put in prison, to confine
- ΦΥΛΑΚΙΖΩΝ — imprisoning, putting in prison, guarding, keeping in custody
- ΦΥΛΑΚΙΣΘΗΝΑΙ — to be imprisoned, to be put in prison, to be kept in custody
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