ἨΡΩΤΩΝ, ἠρωτων
ĒRŌTŌN, ērōtōn
Sounds Like: ay-ROH-tohn
Translations: they were asking, they used to ask, they were questioning, they used to question, they were requesting, they used to request
From the root: ἘΡΩΤΑΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the imperfect active indicative, third person plural form of the verb ἐρωτάω (erōtaō), meaning 'to ask', 'to question', or 'to request'. The imperfect tense indicates an ongoing, repeated, or continuous action in the past. So, 'they were asking' or 'they used to ask' are common translations, implying a sustained action rather than a single completed one.
Inflection: Imperfect, Indicative, Active, 3rd Person Plural
Strong’s number: G2065 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 6 — 14:352
Justin Martyr
- First Apology of Justin Martyr — 17:1
Polycarp of Smyrna
- Martyrdom of Polycarp — 12:2
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 5 — 4:5
The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions
- Vision 3 — 10:2
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, ἘΡΩΤΑΩ.
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.
- ἈΝΗΡΩΤΩΝ — they were asking, they asked, they inquired
- ἘΡΕΣΘΑΙ — to ask, to question, to inquire, to request
- ἘΡΟΜΕΝΗΣ — asking, inquiring, questioning, seeking, of one who asks
- ἘΡΟΜΕΝΟΥ — of one asking, of one inquiring, of one questioning, of one requesting
- ἘΡΡΩΤΗΣΑΙ — to be asked, to have been asked
- ἘΡΩΝΤΑΣ — asking, questioning, requesting, entreating
- ἘΡΩΝΤΙ — to one asking, to one questioning, to one inquiring
- ἘΡΩΤΑ — ask, question, request, entreat, interrogate
- ἘΡΩΤΑΝ — to ask, to question, to request, to inquire
- ἘΡΩΤΑΣ — you ask, you question, you request, you inquire
- ἘΡΩΤΗΘΕΙΣ — having been asked, when asked, being asked
- ἘΡΩΤΗΣΑΙ — to ask, to question, to request, to entreat
- ἘΡΩΤΗΣΑΝΤΑ — having asked, having questioned, having requested, having inquired
- ἘΡΩΤΗΣΑΝΤΟΣ — having asked, when he asked, after he asked, of one who asked
- ἘΡΩΤΗΣΑΣ — having asked, when he asked, after asking, he asked
- ἘΡΩΤΗΣΑΤΕ — Ask!, Question!, Request!
- ἘΡΩΤΗΣΟΝ — ask, question, request, inquire, beg, entreat
- ἘΡΩΤΗΣΩ — I will ask, I will question, I will request
- ἘΡΩΤΩ — I ask, I question, I request, I entreat
- ἘΡΩΤΩΜΕΝ — we ask, we request, we question
- ἘΡΩΤΩΝΤΟΣ — of the one asking, of him asking, of asking
- ἘΡΩΤΩΣΙΝ — they ask, they question, they request, they inquire
- ἨΡΩΤΗΣΑΜΕΝ — we asked, we questioned, we requested
- ἨΡΩΤΗΣΕ — he asked, she asked, it asked, he questioned, she questioned, it questioned
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