ἘΒΟΜΒΗΣΕΝ, ἐβομβησεν
EBOMBĒSEN, ebombēsen
Sounds Like: eh-BOM-bee-sen
Translations: buzzed, hummed, roared
From the root: ΒΟΜΒΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a verb in the aorist tense, indicating a past action. It describes a loud, continuous, low-pitched sound, such as buzzing, humming, or roaring. It can refer to the sound made by insects, or a deep, resonant noise like thunder or a distant explosion.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Indicative, 3rd Person Singular
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Jeremiah — 38:36
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΒΟΜΒΕΩ.
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.
- ΒΟΒΒΗΣΕΙ — will make a booming sound, will buzz, will hum, will roar
- ΒΟΜΒΕΩ — to buzz, to hum, to drone, to make a booming sound
- ΒΟΜΒΗΣΕΙ — it will buzz, it will hum, it will sound, it will resound
- ΒΟΜΒΗΣΟΥΣΘΙΝ — to buzz, to hum, to drone, to make a booming sound
- ΒΟΜΒΗΣΟΥΣΙΝ — they will buzz, they will hum, they will roar, they will boom
- ΕΒΟΒΒΗΣΕΝ — he buzzed, it buzzed, he hummed, it hummed, he boomed, it boomed
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