ἘΜΠΕΤΑΣΑΙ, ἐμπετασαι
EMPETASAI, empetasai
Sounds Like: em-pe-TA-sai
Translations: to spread out, to unfold, to unfurl, to stretch out
From the root: ΠΕΤΑΝΝΥΜΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb, formed from the prefix 'ἐν-' (in, on) and the verb 'πετάννυμι' (to spread out). It means to spread out, unfold, or unfurl something, often implying a wide or extensive spreading. It can be used, for example, to describe spreading out sails, wings, or a net.
Inflection: Aorist, Middle Voice, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G4075 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 7:42
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΕΤΑΝΝΥΜΙ.
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.
- ΔΙΑΠΕΠΕΤΑΚΟΤΑ — having spread out, having stretched out, having extended
- ἘΚΠΕΠΕΤΑΚΕΙΣΑΝ — they had spread out, they had stretched out, they had unfurled
- ἘΠΕΤΑΣΘΗΣΑΝ — they flew, they were spread out, they were stretched out, they were unfolded
- ΕΞΕΠΕΤΑΣΕ — he spread out, he stretched out, he unfolded
- ΕΞΕΠΕΤΑΣΘΗΣΑΝ — they were spread out, they were stretched out, they were unfolded
- ΕΠΕΤΑΣΘΗ — was spread out, was stretched out, flew away, was scattered
- ΕΠΕΤΑΣΘΗΣΑΝ — they were spread out, they were stretched out, they flew away, they were scattered
- ΠΕΤΑΝΝΥΜΙ — to spread out, to stretch out, to unfurl
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