ἘΜΠΡΗΣΑΝΤΕΣΤΩ, ἐμπρησαντεστω
EMPRĒSANTESTŌ, emprēsantestō
Sounds Like: em-PREE-san-tes-TOH
Translations: having set on fire, having burned down, to the, for the
From the root: ΕΜΠΡΗΣΑΝΤΕΣ, ΤΩ
Part of Speech: Participle, Article
Explanation: This is a compound word formed by the Aorist Active Participle, Masculine Nominative Plural of the verb ἐμπρήθω (empraithō), meaning "to set on fire" or "to burn down," combined with the definite article τῷ (tō), which is Dative Singular Masculine or Neuter. The participle describes an action completed in the past by a group of male subjects, and the article indicates the indirect object or recipient of an action, or a possessive relationship. The combination suggests "those who had set on fire, to/for the..." or "having set on fire, to/for the...".
Inflection: Participle: Aorist, Active, Masculine, Nominative, Plural; Article: Dative, Singular, Masculine or Neuter
Strong’s numbers: G1708 (Lookup on BibleHub), G3588 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 6:7
From the same root
No other words from the same root, ΕΜΠΡΗΣΑΝΤΕΣ, ΤΩ, appear in our texts.
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