ἨΡΩΤΟΥΝ, ἠρωτουν
ĒRŌTOUN, ērōtoun
Sounds Like: hay-roh-TOON
Translations: they were asking, they asked, they used to ask
From the root: ἘΡΩΤΆΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning 'to ask' or 'to question'. It is in the imperfect tense, indicating an action that was ongoing or repeated in the past. It describes a group of people who were in the process of asking or repeatedly asked something.
Inflection: Third Person, Plural, Imperfect, Active, Indicative
Strong’s number: G2065 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
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
- ἨΡΟΝΤΟ — they were asking, they asked, they began to ask
- 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
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