ΣΦΥΡΟΚΟΩΝ, σφυροκοων
SPHYROKOŌN, sphyrokoōn
Sounds Like: sfoo-ro-ko-OHN
Translations: hammering, beating with a hammer, forging
From the root: ΣΦΥΡΟΚΟΠΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb (Participle)
Explanation: This word is a present active participle, meaning 'hammering' or 'beating with a hammer'. It describes the action of striking something repeatedly with a hammer or a similar tool. It is a compound word formed from 'σφῦρα' (sphyra), meaning 'hammer', and 'κόπτω' (koptō), meaning 'to strike' or 'to cut'.
Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Nominative, Singular, Masculine
Strong’s number: G5736 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions
- Vision 1 — 3:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΦΥΡΟΚΟΠΕΩ.
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.
- ἘΣΦΥΡΟΚΟΠΗΣΕΝ — he hammered, she hammered, it hammered, he struck, she struck, it struck
- ΕΣΦΥΡΟΚΟΠΗΣΕΝ — hammered, struck with a hammer, beat with a hammer, smote with a hammer
- ΣΦΥΡΟΚΟΠΕΩ — to hammer, to beat with a hammer, to forge
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