ΕΡΑΤΑ, ερατα
ERATA, erata
Sounds Like: eh-RAH-tah
Translations: to love, to desire, to be in love with
From the root: ΕΡΑΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes the act of loving or desiring something or someone. It implies a strong affection or passion. In ancient Greek, it often carried connotations of passionate or even sexual love, distinct from other forms of love like 'agape' (unconditional love) or 'philia' (brotherly love). It is used to express a deep longing or attraction.
Inflection: Third Person Singular, Imperfect Indicative, Active Voice; or Third Person Singular, Aorist Indicative, Active Voice (with augment); or Third Person Plural, Imperfect Indicative, Active Voice (with augment); or Third Person Plural, Aorist Indicative, Active Voice (with augment); or Neuter Plural, Nominative or Accusative, Adjective (from 'ερατός' - lovely, desirable)
Strong’s number: G2038 (Lookup on BibleHub)
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΡΑΩ.
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.
- ΕΡΑΝ — to love, to desire, to long for
- ΕΡΑΣΑΜΩ — I loved, I desired, I longed for
- ΕΡΑΣΑΤΟ — he loved, she loved, it loved, he desired, she desired, it desired
- ΕΡΑΣΘΗΤΙ — love, desire, be in love with, fall in love with
- ΕΡΑΩ — to love passionately, to desire, to be in love with
- ΕΡΩΜΕΝΗ — beloved, a beloved one, a lover, a mistress
- ΕΡΩΝ — loving, a loving one, one who loves, a lover
- ΗΡΑΣΘΗ — was loved, was desired, fell in love with
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