ΣΚΕΠΟΜΕΝΟΝ, σκεπομενον
SKEPOMENON, skepomenon
Sounds Like: skeh-POH-meh-non
Translations: covering, protecting, sheltering, being covered, being protected, being sheltered
From the root: ΣΚΕΠΩ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word is a present participle, middle or passive voice, from the verb 'σκεπω' (skepō), meaning 'to cover,' 'to protect,' or 'to shelter.' As a participle, it functions like an adjective or adverb, describing an action that is ongoing. In the middle voice, it could mean 'covering oneself' or 'providing shelter for oneself.' In the passive voice, it means 'being covered,' 'being protected,' or 'being sheltered.' It describes something that is in the process of being covered or protected.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Neuter, Present, Middle or Passive Voice, Participle
Strong’s number: G4626 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Seven — 6:26
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΚΕΠΩ.
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.
- ἘΣΚΕΠΕΝ — covered, was covering, sheltered, was sheltering, protected, was protecting
- ἘΣΚΕΠΟΝ — they were covering, they were protecting, they were sheltering
- ΣΚΕΠΑΣΗ — cover, protect, shelter, hide, conceal
- ΣΚΕΠΑΣΘΗΝΑΙ — to be covered, to be sheltered, to be protected, to be hidden
- ΣΚΕΠΑΣΘΗΣΕΤΑΙ — he will be covered, she will be covered, it will be covered, he will be protected, she will be protected, it will be protected
- ΣΚΕΠΑΣΘΗΣΟΜΕΘΑ — we will be covered, we will be sheltered, we will be protected
- ΣΚΕΠΑΣΘΗΣΟΝΤΑΙ — they will be covered, they will be sheltered, they will be protected
- ΣΚΕΠΑΣΘΗΤΕ — be covered, be protected, be sheltered
- ΣΚΕΠΑΣΘΩΜΕΝ — let us be covered, let us be clothed, let us be sheltered, let us be protected
- ΣΚΕΠΟΜΕΝΗ — covered, being covered, protected, being protected
- ΣΚΕΠΟΝΤΑ — covering, sheltering, protecting, providing shelter, providing protection
- ΣΚΕΠΟΝΤΩΝ — of protecting, of covering, of sheltering, of providing shelter
- ΣΚΕΠΩ — to cover, to protect, to shelter, to hide
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