ΑΥ̓ΤΩΝΦΘΑΝΟΝΤΕΣ, αὐτωνφθανοντες
AUTŌNPHTHANONTES, autōnphthanontes
Sounds Like: ow-TON-ftha-NON-tes
Translations: anticipating them, reaching them first, arriving before them, coming to them first
From the root: ΑΥ̓ΤΟΣ, ΦΘΑΝΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This is a compound word formed from the genitive plural of the pronoun 'ΑΥ̓ΤΟΣ' (autos), meaning 'them' or 'their', and the present active participle of the verb 'ΦΘΑΝΩ' (phthano), meaning 'to come before' or 'to anticipate'. Therefore, it means 'anticipating them' or 'coming to them first'. It describes an action of arriving or acting ahead of a group of people.
Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Nominative, Masculine, Plural
Strong’s numbers: G0846 (Lookup on BibleHub), G5348 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 2:9
From the same root
No other words from the same root, ΑΥ̓ΤΟΣ, ΦΘΑΝΩ, appear in our texts.
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