ἘΠΑΜΥΝΕΙΝ, ἐπαμυνειν
EPAMYNEIN, epamynein
Sounds Like: ep-am-YOO-nayn
Translations: to help, to assist, to come to the aid of, to defend
From the root: ἘΠΑΜΥΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word means to help, assist, or come to the aid of someone, often in a defensive or protective manner. It implies providing support against an attack or difficulty. It is used to describe actions where one person or group offers protection or relief to another.
Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G1879 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΠΑΜΥΝΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΑΜΥΝΟΝΤΑΙ — they defend themselves, they ward off, they help, they assist
- ἘΠΑΜΥΝΟΝΤΑΣ — defending, helping, assisting, warding off, coming to the aid of
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