ἨΡΟΝΤΟ, ἠροντο
ĒRONTO, ēronto
Sounds Like: ee-ROH-n-toh
Translations: they were asking, they asked, they began to ask
From the root: ἘΡΩΤΆΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is the third person plural, imperfect indicative form of the verb 'erōtaō', meaning 'to ask' or 'to question'. The imperfect tense describes an ongoing or repeated action in the past, or the beginning of an action. So, 'they were asking' or 'they began to ask' are appropriate translations, depending on the context. It is used to inquire about something or someone.
Inflection: Third Person, Plural, Imperfect, Indicative, Middle or Passive Voice
Strong’s number: G2065 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 19 — 1:159
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Seven — 2:10
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΡΩΤΆΩ.
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.
- ἘΡΟΙΤΟ — ask, question, inquire
- ἘΡΩΝΤΩΝ — asking, questioning, inquiring, requesting
- ἘΡΩΤΗΣΕΤΕ — you will ask, you will question, you will request
- ἘΡΩΤΗΣΟΥΣΙΝ — they will ask, they will question, they will request
- ἘΡΩΤΗΣΩΣΙ — they ask, they may ask, they might ask, they should ask
- ἘΡΩΤΗΣΩΣΙΝ — they may ask, they might ask, they should ask, they may question, they might question, they should question
- ἘΡΩΤΩΝ — asking, questioning, requesting, entreating
- ἘΡΩΤΩΝΤΩΝ — of those asking, of those questioning, of those requesting
- ἨΡΟΤΡΙΑΣΑΤΕ — you asked, you questioned, you requested
- ἨΡΩΤΑ — asked, was asking, questioned, was questioning, inquired, was inquiring, requested, was requesting
- ἨΡΩΤΗΚΑΣ — you have asked, you have questioned, you have inquired
- ἨΡΩΤΗΜΕΝΟΙ — having been asked, those who have been asked, having been questioned, those who have been questioned
- ἨΡΩΤΗΜΕΝΟΣ — asked, having been asked, questioned, having been questioned, a questioned one
- ἨΡΩΤΗΣΑ — I asked, I questioned, I inquired
- ἨΡΩΤΗΣΑΝ — they asked, they questioned, they requested, they inquired
- ἨΡΩΤΗΣΑΣ — you asked, you questioned
- ἨΡΩΤΗΣΑΤΕ — you asked, you questioned, you requested, you begged
- ἨΡΩΤΗΣΕΝ — he asked, she asked, it asked, he questioned, she questioned, it questioned
- ἨΡΩΤΟΥΝ — they were asking, they asked, they used to ask
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