ἈΠΟΛΟΓΟΥΜΕΝΟΣ, ἀπολογουμενος
APOLOGOUMENOS, apologoumenos
Sounds Like: ah-po-lo-GOO-meh-nos
Translations: defending oneself, making a defense, apologizing, speaking in defense
From the root: ἈΠΟΛΟΓΕΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is a present middle/passive participle derived from the verb 'apologeo'. It describes someone who is in the act of defending themselves, making a formal defense, or speaking in their own behalf. It implies a reasoned argument or explanation to justify actions or beliefs, rather than an expression of regret for wrongdoing.
Inflection: Present, Middle or Passive Voice, Masculine, Singular, Nominative
Strong’s number: G0626 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 25:6
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 20:101
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΠΟΛΟΓΕΟΜΑΙ.
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.
- ἈΠΟΛΟΓΕΙΣΘΑΙ — to make a defense, to defend oneself, to give an account, to plead one's cause
- ἈΠΟΛΟΓΕΙΣΘΩ — let him defend himself, let him make a defense, let him speak in defense
- ἈΠΟΛΟΓΗΣΑΣΘΑΙ — to make a defense, to defend oneself, to give an account, to answer, to apologize
- ἈΠΟΛΟΓΗΣΟΜΕΝΟΥΣ — those who will defend themselves, those who will make a defense, those who will speak in defense
- ἈΠΟΛΟΓΗΣΩΝΤΑΙ — to defend oneself, to make a defense, to give an account, to plead, to apologize
- ἈΠΟΛΟΓΟΥΜΑΙ — I defend myself, I make a defense, I apologize, I give an account
- ἈΠΟΛΟΓΟΥΜΕΝΟΙ — defending, making a defense, speaking in defense, apologizing
- ἈΠΟΛΟΓΟΥΜΕΝΟΝ — defending oneself, making a defense, apologizing, answering, speaking in defense
- ἈΠΟΛΟΓΟΥΜΕΝΟΥ — defending oneself, making a defense, speaking in defense, apologizing, answering, pleading, excusing oneself
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