ἨΜΦΙΕΝΝΥΤΟ, ἠμφιεννυτο
ĒMPHIENNYTO, ēmphiennyto
Sounds Like: eem-fee-EN-nyoo-toh
Translations: was clothed, was being clothed, was dressed, was being dressed
From the root: ἈΜΦΙΕΝΝΥΜΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the third person singular imperfect indicative middle or passive voice of the verb ἀμφιέννυμι (amphiennymi), meaning 'to clothe' or 'to dress'. It describes an action that was ongoing or repeated in the past, indicating that someone 'was being clothed' or 'was dressing themselves'. It can be used to describe the act of putting on garments or being adorned with clothing.
Inflection: Third Person, Singular, Imperfect, Indicative, Middle or Passive Voice
Strong’s number: G0291 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 5:45
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΜΦΙΕΝΝΥΜΙ.
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.
- ἈΜΦΙΑΣΑΜΕΝΟΙ — having clothed themselves, having put on, having dressed
- ἨΜΦΙΑΣΑΜΗΝ — I clothed myself, I put on, I dressed myself
- ἨΜΦΙΕΣΑΝΤΟ — they clothed themselves, they put on, they dressed
- ἨΜΦΙΕΣΜΕΝΑΙ — clothed, dressed, arrayed
- ἨΜΦΙΕΣΤΟ — was clothed, was dressed, was arrayed
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