ἈΠΕΜΑΧΟΝΤΟ, ἀπεμαχοντο
APEMACHONTO, apemachonto
Sounds Like: ah-peh-MAH-khohn-toh
Translations: they were fighting back, they were resisting, they were defending themselves
From the root: ΑΠΟΜΑΧΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from ἀπό (apo, 'from, away from') and μάχομαι (machomai, 'to fight'). It means to fight back, resist, or defend oneself. It describes an ongoing or repeated action in the past.
Inflection: Imperfect, Indicative, Middle/Passive, 3rd Person Plural
Strong’s number: G0663 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 2 Maccabees — 12:27
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΠΟΜΑΧΟΜΑΙ.
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.
- ἈΠΟΜΑΧΟΜΕΝΑΙ — fighting off, contending against, defending themselves
- ἈΠΟΜΑΧΟΜΕΝΗΣ — (of) fighting off, (of) defending oneself, (of) resisting, (of) struggling against
- ἈΠΟΜΑΧΟΜΕΝΟΝ — fighting back, defending oneself, resisting, contending
- ΑΠΟΜΑΧΟΜΑΙ — to fight off, to fight against, to resist
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