2001 Translation

BARBARŌNĒLPIZEN, barbarōnēlpizen

Sounds Like: bar-BA-ron-AYL-pi-zen

Translations: of barbarians, he was hoping, he was expecting, she was hoping, she was expecting, it was hoping, it was expecting

From the root: ΒΑΡΒΑΡΟΣ, ΕΛΠΙΖΩ

Part of Speech: Noun, Verb

Explanation: This is a compound word formed by combining the genitive plural of the noun ΒΑΡΒΑΡΟΣ (barbarian, foreigner) and the third-person singular imperfect active indicative of the verb ΕΛΠΙΖΩ (to hope, to expect). Therefore, it means 'of barbarians, he/she/it was hoping/expecting'. It describes an action of hoping or expecting performed by a single individual, with the object of that hope or expectation being related to or coming from barbarians.

Inflection: ΒΑΡΒΑΡΩΝ: Plural, Genitive, Masculine or Feminine; ἨΛΠΙΖΕΝ: Third Person, Singular, Imperfect, Active, Indicative

Strong’s numbers: G0915 (Lookup on BibleHub), G1679 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 15:1

From the same root

No other words from the same root, ΒΑΡΒΑΡΟΣ, ΕΛΠΙΖΩ, appear in our texts.

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