ἘΝΕΠΡΗΣΑΝ, ἐνεπρησαν
ENEPRĒSAN, eneprēsan
Sounds Like: eh-NEH-pray-san
Translations: they burned, they set on fire, they consumed by fire
From the root: ἘΜΠΙΠΡΗΜΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the third person plural, aorist active indicative form of the verb 'empiprēmi'. It means 'they burned' or 'they set on fire'. It describes an action of causing something to be consumed by fire, often with destructive intent. It can be used in sentences to describe groups of people burning cities, objects, or other things.
Inflection: Third Person, Plural, Aorist, Active, Indicative
Strong’s number: G1718 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 5 — 1:29
Josephus' The Jewish War
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Numbers — 31:10
- Joshua — 8:19, 11:11
- Judges — 1:8, 15:6, 18:27, 20:48
- 2 Samuel — 14:30
- 2 Kings — 10:26
- Jeremiah — 28:32
- Baruch — 1:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΜΠΙΠΡΗΜΙ.
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.
- ἘΜΠΙΠΡΑΤΑΙ — is burned up, is set on fire, is consumed by fire
- ἘΜΠΡΗΣΑΝΤΟΣ — (of) having burned, (of) having set on fire, (of) having consumed by fire
- ἘΜΠΡΗΣΕΙΝ — to burn, to set on fire, to consume by fire
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