ΥΦΗΨΑΝ, υφηψαν
YPHĒPSAN, yphēpsan
Sounds Like: hoo-FAP-san
Translations: they set on fire, they kindled, they burned
From the root: ΥΦΑΠΤΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the third person plural, aorist active indicative form of the verb ΥΦΑΠΤΩ (hyphaptō). It means 'to set on fire' or 'to kindle'. It implies setting fire to something, often from underneath or secretly. It is used to describe the action of igniting something, such as buildings or siege engines.
Inflection: Third Person Plural, Aorist, Active, Indicative
Strong’s number: G5261 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 2 Maccabees — 8:33
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΥΦΑΠΤΩ.
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.
- ΥΦΑΠΤΕΙΝ — to set on fire, to kindle, to ignite
- ΥΦΑΠΤΟΥΣΙ — they set on fire, they kindle, they ignite
- ΥΦΑΠΤΩ — to kindle, to set on fire, to ignite
- ΥΦΑΨΑΙ — to set on fire, to kindle, to ignite
- ΥΦΗΨΕΝ — he set on fire, she set on fire, it set on fire, he kindled, she kindled, it kindled, he ignited, she ignited, it ignited
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