ΤΟΥΣἘΠΙΤΗΔΕΙΟΥΣ, τουσἐπιτηδειους
TOUSEPITĒDEIOUS, tousepitēdeious
Sounds Like: toos-ep-ee-TAY-dee-oos
Translations: the suitable, the necessary, the useful, the proper, the fit, the convenient, the appropriate, the friendly, the intimate, the relatives, the friends
From the root: ἘΠΙΤΗΔΕΙΟΣ
Part of Speech: Article, Adjective
Explanation: This is a compound phrase consisting of the definite article "the" (τοὺς) and the adjective "suitable" or "necessary" (ἐπιτηδείους). The phrase collectively refers to 'the suitable ones,' 'the necessary things,' or often, in a social context, 'the friends' or 'the relatives' (those who are suitable or necessary to one's life). It is used to describe people or things that are appropriate, useful, or essential in a given situation.
Inflection: Masculine, Plural, Accusative
Strong’s numbers: G5126 (Lookup on BibleHub), G2039 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΠΙΤΗΔΕΙΟΣ.
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.
- ἘΠΙΤΗΔΕΙΑ — suitable, fit, proper, convenient, necessary, useful, provisions, necessities, supplies, a provision, a necessity, a supply
- ἘΠΙΤΗΔΕΙΟΙ — suitable, fit, convenient, necessary, useful, proper, appropriate, advantageous, friendly, intimate, friends, necessities
- ἘΠΙΤΗΔΕΙΟΤΕΡΟΥΣ — more suitable, more convenient, more useful, more fitting, more appropriate
- ἘΠΙΤΗΔΕΙΟΥΣ — suitable, fit, convenient, useful, necessary, proper, appropriate, advantageous, a suitable one, a fit one, a necessary one
- ἘΠΙΤΗΔΕΙΩΝ — (of) necessities, (of) provisions, (of) supplies, (of) things necessary
- ἘΠΙΤΗΔΕΙΩΣ — suitably, conveniently, appropriately, properly, fitly
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