ἘΚΘΕΟΝΤΩΝ, ἐκθεοντων
EKTHEONTŌN, ektheontōn
Sounds Like: ek-theh-ON-tohn
Translations: deifying, making divine, exalting to divine honors, making into a god, of those deifying, of those making divine
From the root: ΕΚΘΕΟΩ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word is a present active participle, genitive plural, masculine or neuter, derived from the verb ἐκθεόω (ektheoō). It describes the action of 'deifying' or 'making divine'. In a sentence, it would refer to 'those who are deifying' or 'of those who are making divine'. It implies elevating someone or something to the status of a god or treating them with divine reverence.
Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Genitive, Plural, Masculine or Neuter
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Six — 2:76
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΚΘΕΟΩ.
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.
- ἘΚΘΕΟΥΝΤΑΙ — to deify, to make a god of, to worship as a god
- ἘΚΘΕΟΥΣΙ — to deify, to make divine, to worship as a god
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