ΕΣΠΙΣΑΝ, εσπισαν
ESPISAN, espisan
Sounds Like: es-PI-san
Translations: they prophesied, they foretold, they declared, they decreed
From the root: ΘΕΣΠΙΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the 3rd person plural aorist active indicative form of the verb 'θεσπίζω' (thespizo). It means 'to prophesy,' 'to foretell,' 'to declare,' or 'to decree.' It describes an action completed in the past by a group of people, often with a sense of divine inspiration or authority. For example, 'they prophesied about the future' or 'they decreed a law.'
Inflection: 3rd Person, Plural, Aorist, Active, Indicative
Strong’s number: G2302 (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, ΘΕΣΠΙΖΩ.
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.
- ΘΕΣΠΙΖΟΥΣΑΙ — prophesying, foretelling, divining
- ΘΕΣΠΙΖΟΥΣΗΣ — (of) prophesying, (of) foretelling, (of) divining, (of) her who prophesies, (of) one who prophesies
- ΘΕΣΠΙΖΩ — to prophesy, to divine, to declare by divine inspiration, to utter oracles
- ΠΡΟΕΘΕΣΠΙΖΩ — to prophesy beforehand, to foretell, to predict
- ΠΡΟΕΘΕΣΠΙΣΕΝ — he foretold, she foretold, it foretold, he prophesied beforehand, she prophesied beforehand, it prophesied beforehand
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