ΕΚΠΕΡΙΝΟΣΤΗΣΑΝΤΑ, εκπερινοστησαντα
EKPERINOSTĒSANTA, ekperinostēsanta
Sounds Like: ek-peh-ree-nos-TEH-san-tah
Translations: having returned, having come back, having gone around and returned
From the root: ΝΟΣΤΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb (Participle)
Explanation: This word is an aorist active participle, meaning 'having returned' or 'having come back'. It describes an action completed in the past by the subject. The prefix 'εκ-' (ek-) implies 'out of' or 'from', and 'περι-' (peri-) implies 'around' or 'about', suggesting a journey that involves going around or through something before returning. Thus, it conveys the sense of having completed a journey or circuit and returned to a starting point or a place of origin.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Participle, Accusative, Singular, Masculine
Strong’s number: G3549 (Lookup on BibleHub)
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΝΟΣΤΕΩ.
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.
- ΝΟΣΤΕΩ — to return, to come back, to go home
- ΝΟΣΤΗΣΑΣΑΝ — having returned, having come home, a returning (one), a coming home (one)
- ΥΠΟΝΟΣΤΕΙΝ — to return, to come back, to go back
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