ΥΠΕΡΤΕΤΑΜΕΝΑ, υπερτεταμενα
YPERTETAMENA, ypertetamena
Sounds Like: hoo-per-teh-TAH-meh-nah
Translations: stretched over, extended over, overstretched, things stretched over
From the root: ΥΠΕΡΤΕΙΝΩ
Part of Speech: Participle, Adjective
Explanation: This word is a perfect passive participle, meaning 'having been stretched over' or 'extended over'. It describes something that has been stretched or extended above or beyond a certain point. As a participle, it functions adjectivally, describing a noun, or substantively, acting as a noun itself, often referring to 'those things which have been stretched over'. It is a compound word formed from the preposition 'ὑπέρ' (hyper), meaning 'over' or 'above', and the verb 'τείνω' (teinō), meaning 'to stretch' or 'to extend'.
Inflection: Perfect, Passive, Participle, Neuter, Plural, Nominative or Accusative or Vocative
Strong’s number: G5244 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 6:22
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΥΠΕΡΤΕΙΝΩ.
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.
- ΥΠΕΡΤΕΙΝΟΜΕΝΑ — stretched over, extended over, stretched beyond, overstretched
- ΥΠΕΡΤΕΙΝΟΝ — stretching over, extending beyond, overstretching, overextending
- ΥΠΕΡΤΕΙΝΟΝΤΑΣ — stretching over, extending, overstretching, straining, exaggerating
- ΥΠΕΡΤΕΙΝΩ — to stretch over, to stretch too far, to overextend, to strain, to be overstretched
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