ἘΠΕΚΑΘΗΤΟ, ἐπεκαθητο
EPEKATHĒTO, epekathēto
Sounds Like: eh-peh-KAH-thay-toh
Translations: he sat upon, she sat upon, it sat upon, he was sitting upon, she was sitting upon, it was sitting upon
From the root: ΕΠΙΚΑΘΗΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes the action of sitting upon something or someone. It is a compound verb formed from the preposition 'ἐπι' (upon, over) and the verb 'καθημαι' (to sit). It is used to indicate that someone or something was in a state of being seated on top of another object or person.
Inflection: Imperfect, Indicative, Middle/Passive, Third Person Singular
Strong’s number: G1909 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 8 — 3:84
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΙΚΑΘΗΜΑΙ.
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.
- ἘΠΙΚΑΘΗΜΕΝΟΣ — sitting upon, seated upon, one who sits upon, one sitting upon
- ἘΠΙΚΑΘΗΜΕΝΟΥ — (of) sitting upon, (of) riding upon, (of) resting upon
- ἘΠΙΚΑΘΗΤΑΙ — sits upon, sits on, is seated upon, is seated on
- ΕΠΙΚΑΘΗΜΑΙ — to sit upon, to sit on, to be seated upon
- ΕΠΙΚΑΘΗΜΕΝΟΣ — sitting upon, seated upon, sitting on, seated on
- ΕΠΙΚΑΘΗΜΕΝΟΥ — of sitting upon, of one sitting upon, of one seated upon, of one resting upon
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