ΤΟΥΣἘΠΙΘΥΜΟΥΝΤΑΣ, τουσἐπιθυμουντας
TOUSEPITHYMOUNTAS, tousepithymountas
Sounds Like: toos-eh-pee-thoo-MOON-tas
Translations: the ones desiring, the ones longing for, the ones coveting, those desiring, those longing for, those coveting
From the root: ἘΠΙΘΥΜΕΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This is a compound word formed from the definite article 'ΤΟΥΣ' (the) and the present active participle 'ἘΠΙΘΥΜΟΥΝΤΑΣ' (desiring, longing for) of the verb 'ἐπιθυμέω'. It refers to 'those who are desiring' or 'the ones who are longing for something'. It is used to describe a group of people who have a strong desire or craving for something, often with the implication of coveting.
Inflection: Masculine, Plural, Accusative, Present Active Participle
Strong’s number: G1937 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 3:11
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΠΙΘΥΜΕΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΙΘΥΜΕΙΝ — to desire, to long for, to covet, to lust after
- ἘΠΙΘΥΜΗΣΑΙ — to desire, to long for, to covet, to lust after
- ἘΠΙΘΥΜΗΣΑΣ — having desired, having longed for, having coveted, having lusted after
- ἘΠΙΘΥΜΗΣΗ — to desire, to long for, to lust after, to covet
- ἘΠΙΘΥΜΗΣΟΥΣΙΝ — they will desire, they will long for, they will lust after
- ἘΠΙΘΥΜΗΤΟΣ — desirable, longed for, coveted, a desirable thing
- ἘΠΙΘΥΜΟΥΜΕΝ — we desire, we long for, we covet, we lust after
- ἘΠΙΘΥΜΟΥΝΤΑ — desiring, longing for, craving, lusting, coveting, a desiring one, one who desires
- ἘΠΙΘΥΜΟΥΝΤΩΝ — desiring, lusting, longing, craving, coveting, wishing, wanting
- ἘΠΙΘΥΜΟΥΣΙ — they desire, they long for, they covet, they lust after
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