ἘΔΟΛΟΦΟΝΗΘΗ, ἐδολοφονηθη
EDOLOPHONĒTHĒ, edolophonēthē
Sounds Like: eh-doh-loh-foh-NEE-thay
Translations: was murdered, was assassinated
From the root: ΔΟΛΟΦΟΝΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning 'to be murdered' or 'to be assassinated'. It describes an action where someone was killed treacherously or by deceit. It is typically used in a passive voice, indicating that the subject of the verb was the victim of the murder.
Inflection: Aorist, Indicative, Passive, 3rd Person Singular
Strong’s number: G1387 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 9:9
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΟΛΟΦΟΝΕΩ.
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.
- ΔΟΛΟΦΟΝΗΘΕΙΣ — having been murdered, having been treacherously slain, having been assassinated
- ΔΟΛΟΦΟΝΗΣΑΝΤΟΣ — of murdering by treachery, of assassinating, of killing by deceit
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