ἨΚΟΝΗΣΘΑΙ, ἠκονησθαι
ĒKONĒSTHAI, ēkonēsthai
Sounds Like: ee-ko-NEES-thai
Translations: to have been sharpened, to have been whetted, to be sharpened, to be whetted
From the root: ΑΚΟΝΙΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the perfect passive infinitive form of the verb 'akonizō', meaning 'to sharpen' or 'to whet'. As an infinitive, it functions like a verbal noun, often translated with 'to have been' or 'to be' followed by the past participle. It describes the state of something having undergone the action of being sharpened.
Inflection: Perfect, Passive, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G0180 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 27:8
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΚΟΝΙΖΩ.
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.
- ἈΚΟΝΗΣΩΜΕΝ — we will sharpen, we shall sharpen
- ἨΚΟΝΗΣΑΝ — they sharpened, they whetted
- ΗΚΟΝΗΣΑΝ — they sharpened, they whetted
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