ΕΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΟΥ, επολιορκου
EPOLIORKOU, epoliorkou
Sounds Like: eh-po-lee-OR-koo
Translations: they were besieging, he was besieging, it was besieged, they were besieged
From the root: ΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes the act of besieging a city or a place, meaning to surround it with armed forces in order to capture it. It implies a continuous or repeated action in the past. It can be used in sentences like 'The army was besieging the city' or 'They were under siege'.
Inflection: Imperfect, Indicative, Active or Passive, 3rd Person, Singular or Plural
Strong’s number: G4157 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Jeremiah — 46:1
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΕΩ.
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.
- ἘΚΠΕΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΗΚΕ — has besieged, has captured by siege, has conquered by siege
- ἘΚΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΗΣΩΝ — to besiege, to capture by siege, to take by siege, to make war upon
- ἘΜΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΟΥΜΕΝΩΝ — being besieged, those being besieged, of those being besieged
- ἘΝΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΗΣΑΙ — to besiege, to blockade, to beleaguer
- ἘΞΕΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΟΥΝ — they were besieging, they were blockading, they were beleaguering
- ἘΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΕΙ — he was besieging, he besieged, he was blockading, he blockaded
- ἘΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΗΣΕ — he besieged, he blockaded, he beleaguered
- ἘΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΗΣΕΝ — he besieged, he blockaded, he beleaguered
- ἘΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΟΥΝ — they were besieging, they besieged, they were blockading, they blockaded
- ἘΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΟΥΝΤΟ — they were besieged, they were blockaded, they were surrounded
- ΕΚΠΕΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΗΚΑΝ — they have been besieged, they have been blockaded, they have been beleaguered
- ΕΜΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΕΩ — to besiege, to blockade, to hem in, to beleaguer
- ΕΞΕΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΕΩ — I besiege, I capture by siege, I take by storm, I reduce by siege
- ΕΞΕΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΟΥΝ — they were besieging, they were blockading, they were beleaguering, they were laying siege to, they were attacking a city
- ΠΕΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΗΜΑΙ — I have been besieged, I have been blockaded, I have been hemmed in
- ΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΕΙ — he besieges, she besieges, it besieges, he lays siege to, she lays siege to, it lays siege to
- ΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΕΙΝ — to besiege, to blockade, to beleaguer
- ΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΕΩ — besiege, blockade, hem in, beleaguer
- ΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΗΘΕΙΣ — having been besieged, having been blockaded, having been beleaguered
- ΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΗΘΕΝΤΕΣ — having been besieged, being besieged, having been blockaded, being blockaded
- ΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΗΘΗΝΑΙ — to be besieged, to be blockaded, to be beleaguered
- ΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΗΘΗΣΕΣΘΑΙ — to be besieged, to be blockaded
- ΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΗΣΑΙ — to besiege, to blockade, to lay siege to
- ΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΗΣΑΝΤΕΣ — having besieged, having blockaded, having beleaguered
- ΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΗΣΑΝΤΙ — (to) one who besieged, (to) one who blockaded, (to) one who beleaguered
- ΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΗΣΑΣ — having besieged, after besieging, when he had besieged
- ΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΗΣΕ — he besieged, it besieged, he blockaded, it blockaded
- ΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΗΣΕΙ — he will besiege, she will besiege, it will besiege
- ΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΗΣΕΙΝ — to besiege, to blockade, to beleaguer
- ΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΗΣΟΥΣΙΝ — will besiege, will lay siege to
- ΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΗΣΩΝ — besieging, about to besiege, to besiege
- ΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΟΥΜΕΝΗ — besieged, under siege, a besieged (city)
- ΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΟΥΜΕΝΗΣ — of (being) besieged, of (being) under siege, of (being) blockaded
- ΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΟΥΜΕΝΟΙ — besieged, being besieged, those who are besieged
- ΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΟΥΜΕΝΟΙΣ — (to) those being besieged, (for) those being besieged
- ΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΟΥΜΕΝΟΣ — being besieged, being blockaded, being beleaguered
- ΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΟΥΜΕΝΟΥ — of those being besieged, of the besieged, of one being besieged
- ΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΟΥΜΕΝΟΥΣ — those being besieged, the ones being besieged, besieged
- ΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΟΥΜΕΝΩΝ — of those being besieged, of those being blockaded, of those being surrounded
- ΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΟΥΝΤΑ — besieging, one who besieges, the one besieging
- ΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΟΥΝΤΑΣ — besieging, those besieging, blockading, those blockading
- ΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΟΥΝΤΕΣ — besieging, blockading, attacking, besiegers, those besieging
- ΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΟΥΝΤΙ — (to) one besieging, (to) one attacking, (to) one laying siege
- ΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΟΥΝΤΩΝ — of besieging, of blockading, of beleaguering
- ΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΟΥΣΑ — besieging, attacking, blockading
- ΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΟΥΣΙ — they besiege, they blockade, they lay siege to
- ΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΟΥΤΑ — besieged, being besieged, besieging, besiege
- ΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΩΝ — besieging, laying siege to, blockading
- ΠΟΛΟΡΚΟΥ — of besieging, of being besieged, of blockading, of being blockaded
- ΤΟΙΣΠΟΛΙΟΡΚΟΥΣΙΝ — (to) those besieging, (to) those who are besieging, (to) the besiegers
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