ΚΡΑΤΟΥΝΤΕΣἘΧΡΩΝΤΟ, κρατουντεσἐχρωντο
KRATOUNTESECHRŌNTO, kratountesechrōnto
Sounds Like: kra-TOON-tes ekh-ROHN-to
Translations: holding, prevailing, using, employing
From the root: ΚΡΑΤΕΩ, ΧΡΑΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This appears to be a concatenation of two distinct Koine Greek words: ΚΡΑΤΟΥΝΤΕΣ (kratountes) and ἘΧΡΩΝΤΟ (echrōnto). ΚΡΑΤΟΥΝΤΕΣ is the present active participle of the verb ΚΡΑΤΕΩ (krateō), meaning 'to be strong, to rule, to hold fast, to prevail.' It describes someone who is holding or prevailing. ἘΧΡΩΝΤΟ is the imperfect middle/passive indicative of the verb ΧΡΑΟΜΑΙ (chraomai), meaning 'to use, to employ, to make use of.' It describes an action of using or employing that was ongoing in the past. When combined, these words would describe a situation where 'those who were holding/prevailing were using/employing' something.
Inflection: ΚΡΑΤΟΥΝΤΕΣ: Present Active Participle, Nominative Plural, Masculine. ἘΧΡΩΝΤΟ: Imperfect Middle/Passive Indicative, 3rd Person Plural.
Strong’s numbers: G2902 (Lookup on BibleHub), G5530 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 3:80
From the same root
No other words from the same root, ΚΡΑΤΕΩ, ΧΡΑΟΜΑΙ, appear in our texts.
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