ΣΥΝΕΦΙΛΟΚΑΛΕΙ, συνεφιλοκαλει
SYNEPHILOKALEI, synephilokalei
Sounds Like: soon-eh-fee-loh-KAH-lay
Translations: was loving the beautiful together with, was cultivating beauty together with, was devoted to beauty together with
From the root: ΦΙΛΟΚΑΛΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the prefix ΣΥΝ- (SYN-), meaning 'with' or 'together', and the verb ΦΙΛΟΚΑΛΕΩ (PHILOKALEŌ), meaning 'to love the beautiful' or 'to cultivate beauty'. Therefore, ΣΥΝΕΦΙΛΟΚΑΛΕΙ means 'to love or cultivate beauty together with someone or something'. It describes an action of jointly appreciating or pursuing what is good or beautiful.
Inflection: Imperfect, Active, Indicative, Third Person, Singular
Strong’s number: G5386 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 19 — 2:209
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΙΛΟΚΑΛΕΩ.
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.
- ΤΩΝΦΙΛΟΚΑΛΟΥΝΤΩΝ — of those who love beauty, of those who love what is noble, of those who love what is good
- ΦΙΛΟΚΑΛΕΙΝ — to love what is beautiful, to be a lover of beauty, to cultivate beauty, to pursue honor, to pursue excellence
- ΦΙΛΟΚΑΛΕΩ — to love what is beautiful, to be a lover of beauty, to be fond of the beautiful, to cultivate beauty, to pursue honor
- ΦΙΛΟΚΑΛΟΥΝΤΕΣ — loving beauty, cultivating beauty, lovers of beauty, those who love beauty
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