ΕΝΕΠΤΥΟΝ, ενεπτυον
ENEPTYON, eneptyon
Sounds Like: en-EP-too-on
Translations: they spit, they were spitting, they did spit
From the root: ΕΜΠΤΥΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes the act of spitting. It is used to convey an action of contempt, scorn, or mockery. In ancient contexts, spitting on someone was a grave insult and a sign of extreme disrespect. It is typically used in narratives to describe a group of people performing this action.
Inflection: Third Person Plural, Imperfect Indicative, Active Voice
Strong’s number: G1716 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Mark — 15:19
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΜΠΤΥΩ.
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.
- ἘΜΠΤΥΕΙΝ — to spit upon, to spit on
- ἘΜΠΤΥΣΘΗΣΕΤΑΙ — will be spit upon, will be spit on
- ἘΝΕΠΤΥΣΑΝ — they spit, they did spit, they spat
- ἘΝΕΠΤΥΣΕΝ — he spit, he did spit, he spat
- ἘΝΠΤΥΩ — to spit upon, to spit on
- ΕΜΠΤΥΕΙΝ — to spit on, to spit upon
- ΕΜΠΤΥΟΥΣΙΝ — they spit, they are spitting, they keep spitting
- ΕΜΠΤΥΣΑΝΤΕΣ — having spit, spitting, they spit
- ΕΜΠΤΥΣΑΤΑΙ — will spit upon, will spit on, will be spit upon, will be spit on
- ΕΜΠΤΥΣΑΤΕΣ — spit upon, spit at, spit on
- ΕΜΠΤΥΣΘΗΣΕΤΑΙ — he will be spit upon, she will be spit upon, it will be spit upon, he will be spit on, she will be spit on, it will be spit on
- ΕΜΠΤΥΣΟΥΣΙΝ — they will spit upon, they will spit on, they will spit at
- ΕΜΠΤΥΩ — to spit upon, to spit on, to spit
- ΕΝΠΤΥΩ — to spit upon, to spit on
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