ΔΙΗΜΦΙΣΒΗΤΟΥΝ, διημφισβητουν
DIĒMPHISBĒTOUN, diēmphisbētoun
Sounds Like: dee-eem-fees-bee-TOON
Translations: they disputed, they argued, they contended, they debated
From the root: ΑΜΦΙΣΒΗΤΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes a situation where people are disputing, arguing, or contending with each other. It implies a back-and-forth exchange of differing opinions or claims, often with a sense of opposition or disagreement. It is used to describe an ongoing or repeated action of disputing.
Inflection: Imperfect Indicative, Active, Third Person Plural
Strong’s number: G0292 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 15 — 10:352
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΜΦΙΣΒΗΤΕΩ.
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.
- ἈΜΦΙΣΒΗΤΕΩ — dispute, contend, question, argue, debate
- ΑΜΦΙΣΒΗΤΕΩ — to dispute, to contend, to quarrel, to question, to argue
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