2001 Translation

ĒSAND', ēsand'

Sounds Like: EE-sahn-D

Translations: they were, were, but they were, and they were, now they were

From the root: ΕἸΜΙ, ΔΕ

Part of Speech: Verb, Conjunction

Explanation: This is a compound word formed by the verb ἨΣΑΝ (esan) and the conjunction ΔΕ (de), where the epsilon of ΔΕ has been elided. ἨΣΑΝ is the 3rd person plural imperfect indicative form of the verb ΕἸΜΙ (eimi), meaning 'to be'. It indicates a continuous or repeated action in the past, translating to 'they were' or 'there were'. The conjunction ΔΕ typically means 'but', 'and', or 'now', often introducing a new point or a contrast. Therefore, ἨΣΑΝΔ' means 'but they were', 'and they were', or 'now they were', depending on the context.

Inflection: 3rd Person, Plural, Imperfect, Indicative (for ἨΣΑΝ); Does not inflect (for ΔΕ)

Strong’s numbers: G1510 (Lookup on BibleHub), G1161 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Five — 5:17

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕἸΜΙ, ΔΕ.

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.

• ἨΝΔΕ — and was, but was, and were, but were, was, were
• ἨΣΑΝΔΕ — they were, and they were, but they were, moreover they were

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