2001 Translation

ĒMERANEPETEINEN, ēmeranepeteinen

Sounds Like: hay-meh-RAHN-eh-peh-TAY-nen

Translations: he stretched out the day, he prolonged the day, he extended the day

From the root: ΗΜΕΡΑ, ΕΠΙΤΕΙΝΩ

Part of Speech: Verb

Explanation: This is a compound word formed by the accusative singular of 'day' (ΗΜΕΡΑΝ) and the third person singular imperfect active indicative of 'to stretch out' or 'to extend' (ΕΠΕΤΕΙΝΕΝ). The combined meaning is 'he was stretching out the day' or 'he was prolonging the day'. It describes the action of extending or lengthening a day, perhaps metaphorically in terms of time or literally in terms of duration.

Inflection: Third Person, Singular, Imperfect, Active, Indicative (from ΕΠΙΤΕΙΝΩ) combined with Accusative, Singular, Feminine (from ΗΜΕΡΑ)

Strong’s numbers: G2250 (Lookup on BibleHub), G1980 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Two — 14:13

From the same root

No other words from the same root, ΗΜΕΡΑ, ΕΠΙΤΕΙΝΩ, appear in our texts.

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