ΕΦΑΓΟΝ, εφαγον
EPHAGON, ephagon
Sounds Like: eh-PHA-gon
Translations: ate, did eat, have eaten
From the root: ΦΑΓ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: ΕΦΑΓΟΝ is the third person plural, aorist active indicative form of the verb meaning 'to eat'. It describes a completed action in the past, indicating that 'they ate' or 'they did eat'. This form is commonly used to narrate past events without emphasizing the duration or repetition of the action.
Inflection: Third Person Plural, Aorist, Active, Indicative
Strong’s number: G5315 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Judges — 9:27
- 2 Esdras — 15:14
- Tobit — 12:19
- Psalms — 21:30, 77:29, 101:10, 105:28
- Song of Solomon — 5:1
- Job — 31:17, 31:39
- Jeremiah — 38:29, 48:1
- Matthew — 14:20
- Mark — 6:42, 8:8
- Luke — 9:17
- John — 6:23, 6:49, 6:58
- Revelation — 10:10
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΑΓ.
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.
- ἘΦΑΓΕ — he ate, she ate, it ate
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