ΕΚΡΟΤΗΣΑΝ, εκροτησαν
EKROTĒSAN, ekrotēsan
Sounds Like: ek-ro-TAY-san
Translations: they clapped, they applauded, they made a noise, they struck
From the root: ΚΡΟΤΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the third person plural aorist active indicative form of the verb 'κροτέω' (kroteō), which means to clap, applaud, or make a noise by striking. It describes an action completed in the past by a group of people. The prefix 'εκ-' (ek-) can intensify the action or imply a movement 'out of' or 'from', but in this context, it primarily emphasizes the action of striking or clapping.
Inflection: Third Person, Plural, Aorist, Active, Indicative
Strong’s number: G2806 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Lamentations — 2:15
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΡΟΤΕΩ.
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.
- ἘΚΡΟΤΗΣΑΝ — they clapped, they struck, they beat
- ἘΚΡΟΤΗΣΕΝ — he clapped, she clapped, it clapped, he struck, she struck, it struck, he made a noise, she made a noise, it made a noise
- ΚΡΟΤΕ — strike, clap, knock, beat, applaud
- ΚΡΟΤΕΩ — to clap, to strike, to knock, to beat
- ΚΡΟΤΗΣΑΤΕ — clap!, strike!, beat!
- ΚΡΟΤΗΣΕΙ — will clap, will strike, will knock
- ΚΡΟΤΗΣΟΝ — clap, strike, beat
- ΚΡΟΤΗΣΟΥΣΙΝ — they will clap, they will strike, they will knock
- ΚΡΟΤΗΣΩ — I will clap, I will strike, I will beat
- ΚΡΟΤΟΥΝΤΟΣ — clapping, striking, knocking, rattling, making a noise
- ΠΑΡΑΚΡΟΤΕΙΣΘΑΙ — to strike, to clap, to applaud, to beat, to cause to strike, to cause to clap, to cause to applaud, to cause to beat
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