ἘΘΕΛΗΣΑΝΤΑ, ἐθελησαντα
ETHELĒSANTA, ethelēsanta
Sounds Like: eh-theh-LEH-san-tah
Translations: having wished, having desired, having been willing, those who wished, those who desired, those who were willing
From the root: ΕΘΕΛΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is a participle derived from the verb 'ἘΘΕΛΩ' (ethelō), meaning 'to wish,' 'to desire,' or 'to be willing.' As an aorist active participle, it describes an action completed in the past by the subject. It functions like an adjective, modifying a noun or pronoun, and can often be translated as 'the one who wished' or 'those who desired,' depending on its context and number. In this form, it is masculine or neuter, singular or plural, and accusative case.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Participle, Accusative, Masculine or Neuter, Singular or Plural
Strong’s number: G2309 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 7 — 4:81
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΘΕΛΩ.
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.
- ἘΘΕΛΕΙ — he wills, she wills, it wills, he wishes, she wishes, it wishes, he desires, she desires, it desires, he wants, she wants, it wants, he is willing, she is willing, it is willing
- ἘΘΕΛΗΣΕΙΑΝ — they might wish, they might want, they might desire, they might intend, they might be willing
- ἘΘΕΛΗΣΗ — to wish, to desire, to want, to be willing
- ἘΘΕΛΗΣΟΥΣΙΝ — they will wish, they will desire, they will want, they will be willing
- ἘΘΕΛΗΤΕ — you wish, you want, you desire, you are willing
- ἘΘΕΛΟΜΕΝ — we wish, we want, we desire, we are willing
- ἘΘΕΛΟΥΣΗΣ — of willing, of desiring, of wishing, of choosing, of being willing
- ἘΘΕΛΟΥΣΙΟΝ — voluntary, willing, spontaneous, a voluntary thing, a willing thing
- ΕΘΕΛΟΥΣΙΟΝ — voluntary, of one's own accord, willing, a voluntary
- ΕΘΕΛΩ — to will, to wish, to desire, to be willing, to intend
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