ἘΜΦΡΑΤΤΟΜΕΝΟΙΣ, ἐμφραττομενοις
EMPHRATTOMENOIS, emphrattomenois
Sounds Like: em-FRAHT-toh-meh-noys
Translations: (to) those being stopped, (to) those being blocked, (to) those being closed, (to) those being shut
From the root: ἘΜΦΡΆΣΣΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is a present passive participle, meaning 'being stopped' or 'being blocked'. It describes a state of being hindered or closed off. As a participle, it functions like an adjective or adverb, modifying a noun or verb, and in this dative plural form, it refers to multiple individuals to whom something is done or given, or for whom something is true, in the state of being stopped or blocked.
Inflection: Present, Passive, Participle, Dative, Plural, Masculine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G1727 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 2 — 14:308
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΜΦΡΆΣΣΩ.
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.
- ἘΜΦΡΑΞΑΙ — to stop, to block, to shut up, to close, to obstruct
- ἘΜΦΡΑΞΑΝΤΑΣ — having stopped, having blocked, having closed, having shut, having muzzled
- ἘΜΦΡΑΞΑΝΤΟΣ — (of) having blocked, (of) having stopped, (of) having closed up, (of) having shut up, (of) having obstructed
- ἘΜΦΡΑΞΕΤΕ — you will stop up, you will block, you will close, you will shut up
- ἘΜΦΡΑΞΟΝ — stop up, block, shut up, silence
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