ΕἸΠΟΙ, εἰποι
EIPOI, eipoi
Sounds Like: EYE-poy
Translations: may say, might say, should say, would say, to say, to speak
From the root: ΕἸΠΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is an aorist optative form of the verb 'to say' or 'to speak'. It expresses a wish, a possibility, or a potential action, often translated with 'may', 'might', 'should', or 'would'. It is commonly used in indirect questions or in clauses expressing a hypothetical situation.
Inflection: Aorist, Optative, Active, Third Person, Singular
Strong’s number: G3004 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 10:190, 11:205
- Book 3 — 1:16, 5:84, 7:176
- Book 4 — 3:37
- Book 5 — 10:346
- Book 10 — 7:129
- Book 16 — 11:362
- Book 18 — 2:41
- Book 19 — 1:141, 2:205
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 22:26
- Book Two — 16:40
- Book Three — 5:38, 10:57
- Book Four — 3:81, 4:20
- Book Five — 1:2
- Book Seven — 5:39
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 4 Maccabees — 2:24
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕἸΠΩ.
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.
- ΕἸΠΑΜΕΝ — we said, we spoke, we told
- ΕἸΠΑΣ — you said, you spoke
- ΕἸΠΑΣΑ — having said, after saying, when she said
- ΕἸΠΑΤΕ — you said, you spoke, say, speak
- ΕἸΠΑΤΩ — let him say, he should say, let him speak, he should speak
- ΕἸΠΑΤΩΣΑΝ — let them say, they should say, let them speak
- ΕἸΠΕΙΕΝ — he might say, he would say, he should say, he might speak, he would speak, he should speak
- ΕἸΠΕΤΕ — you said, you spoke, say, speak
- ΕἸΠΗ — he may say, she may say, it may say, he may speak, she may speak, it may speak
- ΕἸΠΗΤΕ — you may say, you may speak, you may tell, you may command
- ΕἸΠΟΙΕΝ — they might say, they would say, they should say
- ΕἸΠΟΙΜ — I might say, I would say, I could say
- ΕἸΠΟΙΜΕΝ — we might say, we would say, we should say
- ΕἸΠΟΙΜΙ — I might say, I would say, I could say
- ΕἸΠΟΜΕΝ — we said, we spoke, we told
- ΕἸΠΟΝΤΑ — having said, having spoken, saying, speaking
- ΕἸΠΟΝΤΑΣ — having said, those who said, to have said, to say
- ΕἸΠΟΝΤΩΝ — of saying, of speaking, of telling, of those saying, of those speaking, of those telling
- ΕἸΠΟΥΣΑ — having said, after saying, she having said, when she had said
- ΕἸΠΟΥΣΗΣ — (of) having said, (of) having spoken, (of) saying, (of) speaking
- ΕἸΠΩ — to say, to speak, to tell, to command, to call, to mean
- ΕἸΠΩΜΕΝ — let us say, we may say, we should say, we might say
- ΕἸΠΩΝ — having said, saying, speaking, after saying
- ΕἸΠΩΣΙ — they may say, they might say, they should say, they say
- ΕἸΠΩΣΙΝ — they may say, they might say, they should say, they say
- ΕἸΡΗΚΩΣ — having said, having spoken, having told
- ΕἸΤΟΙ — he said, she said, it said, they said, to say, to speak
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