2001 Translation

ETHĒTEUE, ethēteue

Sounds Like: eh-TAY-tyoo-eh

Translations: was serving, served, used to serve

From the root: ΘΗΤΕΥΩ

Part of Speech: Verb

Explanation: This word is a verb meaning 'to serve as a hireling' or 'to be a servant'. It describes the action of working for someone, often for wages or under a master. The form ἘΘΗΤΕΥΕ indicates a past, continuous, or repeated action, specifically that 'he/she/it was serving' or 'used to serve'.

Inflection: 3rd Person, Singular, Imperfect, Active, Indicative

Strong’s number: G2324 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 2:99

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΘΗΤΕΥΩ.

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.

• ΕΘΗΤΕΥΕ — he was a hired servant, he served, he was a slave
• ΘΗΤΕΥΕΙΝ — to serve, to be a servant, to be a hired servant, to work for hire
• ΘΗΤΕΥΣΑΙ — to serve, to be a servant, to be a hired servant, to labor, to work
• ΘΗΤΕΥΩ — to be a hired servant, to serve, to be in servitude

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