ΦΘΑΣΑΣΑΥ̓ΤΟΝ, φθασασαὐτον
PHTHASASAUTON, phthasasauton
Sounds Like: FTHA-sas-OW-ton
Translations: having come to him, having arrived at him, having overtaken him, having anticipated him
From the root: ΦΘΑΝΩ, ΑΥ̓ΤΟΣ
Part of Speech: Participle, Pronoun
Explanation: This is a compound word formed from the aorist active participle of the verb φθάνω (phthanō), meaning 'to come before, arrive, overtake, anticipate,' and the accusative masculine singular pronoun αὐτός (autos), meaning 'him.' Together, it means 'having come to him,' 'having arrived at him,' 'having overtaken him,' or 'having anticipated him.' It describes an action of reaching or getting to someone or something before another, or simply arriving at a destination where someone else is.
Inflection: Aorist Active Participle, Masculine, Nominative Singular (for ΦΘΑΣΑΣ); Accusative, Masculine, Singular (for ΑΥ̓ΤΟΝ)
Strong’s numbers: G5348 (Lookup on BibleHub), G846 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 7:204
From the same root
No other words from the same root, ΦΘΑΝΩ, ΑΥ̓ΤΟΣ, appear in our texts.
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