ΕΠΙΦΩΣΚΟΥΣΗ, επιφωσκουση
EPIPHŌSKOUSĒ, epiphōskousē
Sounds Like: eh-pee-FOH-skoo-see
Translations: (of) dawning, (of) breaking, (of) appearing, (to) dawning, (to) breaking, (to) appearing
From the root: ΕΠΙΦΩΣΚΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is a present active participle, meaning 'dawning' or 'beginning to grow light'. It describes an action that is currently happening or beginning. It is often used in the context of the day breaking or light appearing. As a participle, it functions like an adjective or adverb, modifying a noun or verb, and can convey a sense of 'while dawning' or 'when it dawns'.
Inflection: Singular, Feminine, Genitive or Dative, Present, Active, Participle
Strong’s number: G2017 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Matthew — 28:1
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΙΦΩΣΚΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΕΦΩΣΚΕΝ — was dawning, was approaching, was beginning to grow light
- ΕΠΙΦΩΣΚΩ — to dawn, to begin to grow light, to appear, to shine upon
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