ΣΤΡΑΤΗΓΟΙΣἘΧΡΗΤΟ, στρατηγοισἐχρητο
STRATĒGOISECHRĒTO, stratēgoisechrēto
Sounds Like: strah-tay-GOYS EKH-ray-toh
Translations: to use generals, he used generals, he employed generals, he was using generals
From the root: ΣΤΡΑΤΗΓΟΣ, ΧΡΑΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Noun, Verb
Explanation: This is a compound phrase formed by concatenating two words: στρατηγοῖς (stratēgois), the dative plural of στρατηγός (stratēgos), meaning 'generals' or 'commanders', and ἐχρῆτο (echrēto), the third person singular imperfect middle/passive indicative of χράομαι (chraomai), meaning 'to use' or 'to employ'. The combined phrase means 'he was using generals' or 'he employed generals'. It describes someone utilizing military commanders.
Inflection: ΣΤΡΑΤΗΓΟΙΣ: Plural, Dative, Masculine; ἘΧΡΗΤΟ: Third Person Singular, Imperfect, Middle/Passive, Indicative
Strong’s numbers: G4755 (Lookup on BibleHub), G5530 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 4:7
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