ΕΠΟΤΡΥΝΟΝΤΕΣ, εποτρυνοντες
EPOTRYNONTES, epotrynontes
Sounds Like: eh-po-TROO-non-tes
Translations: urging on, encouraging, inciting, stirring up, exhorting
From the root: ΕΠΟΤΡΥΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a present active participle, indicating an ongoing action. It describes the act of strongly urging someone to do something, providing encouragement, or inciting them to action. It can be used to describe someone who is actively stirring up others, whether for good or ill.
Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Nominative or Accusative, Masculine or Feminine, Plural
Strong’s number: G2078 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- 4 Maccabees — 14:1
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΟΤΡΥΝΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΟΤΡΥΝΟΝΤΕΣ — urging on, encouraging, inciting, stimulating
- ἘΠΟΤΡΥΝΟΝΤΟΣ — urging on, encouraging, inciting, stimulating, stirring up
- ΕΠΟΤΡΥΝΟΝΤΟΣ — of urging on, of encouraging, of inciting, of stirring up
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