ἈΝΤΕΠΟΛΕΜΟΥΝ, ἀντεπολεμουν
ANTEPOLEMOUN, antepolemoun
Sounds Like: an-teh-po-LEH-moon
Translations: they were making war against, they were fighting against, they were warring against
From the root: ΑΝΤΙΠΟΛΕΜΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb meaning to make war against someone or something, or to fight back. It describes an ongoing action in the past, indicating that a group of people were engaged in a conflict or struggle against an opposing force. It is formed from 'anti' (against) and 'polemeo' (to make war).
Inflection: Third Person Plural, Imperfect, Active, Indicative
Strong’s number: G0495 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 14 — 16:470
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΝΤΙΠΟΛΕΜΕΩ.
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.
- ΑΝΤΙΠΟΛΕΜΟΥΝΤΕΣ — waging war against, fighting against, opposing in war
- ΑΝΤΙΠΟΛΕΜΟΥΝΤΟΣ — of one warring against, of one fighting against, of one opposing in war
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