ΕΚΟΝΤΩΝ, εκοντων
EKONTŌN, ekontōn
Sounds Like: eh-KON-tohn
Translations: of willing, of voluntary, of one's own accord, of spontaneous, of unforced
From the root: ΕΚΩΝ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Participle
Explanation: This word is the genitive plural form of the adjective/participle 'εκών' (hekon), meaning 'willing' or 'voluntary'. It describes something done by one's own free will or accord, without compulsion. In a sentence, it would indicate that a group of people or things are acting willingly or spontaneously, often translated as 'of those who are willing' or 'of their own accord'.
Inflection: Genitive, Plural, Masculine or Neuter, Present, Active
Strong’s number: G1635 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 18 — 6:216
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 2:7
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 9:39
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΚΩΝ.
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.
- ΕΚΟΝ — willing, of one's own accord, voluntarily, freely
- ΕΚΟΝΤΑΣ — willing, voluntary, of one's own accord, willing ones, voluntary ones
- ΕΚΟΝΤΕΣ — willing, voluntary, of one's own accord, those who are willing, the willing ones
- ΕΚΟΝΤΙ — willingly, voluntarily, of one's own accord, by one's own will
- ΕΚΟΥΣΑ — willing, voluntary, of one's own accord, willingly, voluntarily
- ΕΚΟΥΣΑΙ — willing, voluntary, of one's own accord, freely
- ΕΚΩΝ — willing, voluntary, of one's own accord, freely, a willing person
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