ἘΝΑΥΠΗΓΗΣΑΤΟ, ἐναυπηγησατο
ENAUPĒGĒSATO, enaupēgēsato
Sounds Like: eh-NAH-py-gay-sah-toh
Translations: he built a ship, he constructed a ship, he had a ship built
From the root: ΝΑΥΠΗΓΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning 'to build a ship' or 'to construct a vessel'. It is often used in the context of someone commissioning or overseeing the construction of a ship, rather than physically building it themselves. It is a compound word formed from ναῦς (naus), meaning 'ship', and πήγνυμι (pēgnymi), meaning 'to fix' or 'to build'.
Inflection: 3rd Person, Singular, Aorist, Indicative, Middle or Passive Voice
Strong’s number: G3490 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 8 — 6:163
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΝΑΥΠΗΓΕΩ.
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.
- ΝΑΥΠΗΓΕΙΤΑΙ — is being built, is built, is constructing, builds (for himself)
- ΝΑΥΠΗΓΕΩ — build a ship, construct a ship, be a shipbuilder
- ΝΕΝΑΥΠΗΓΗΜΕΝΗΝ — having been built, having been constructed, having been made, having been fabricated, having been fashioned
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