ΕΠΙΣΠΕΥΔΟΝΤΕΣ, επισπευδοντες
EPISPEUDONTES, epispeudontes
Sounds Like: ep-ee-SPEW-don-tes
Translations: hastening, speeding up, earnestly desiring, eagerly awaiting, pressing on, accelerating
From the root: ΕΠΙΣΠΕΥΔΩ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word is a present active participle, meaning 'hastening' or 'speeding up'. It describes an action of actively moving forward with urgency or eagerness. It is often used to convey a sense of earnest desire or anticipation for something to happen quickly.
Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Nominative, Masculine, Plural
Strong’s number: G1970 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΙΣΠΕΥΔΩ.
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- ΕΠΙΣΠΕΥΔΩ — to hasten, to speed up, to accelerate, to urge on, to earnestly desire, to long for
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