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ἘΠΕΛΥΕΤΟ, ἐπελυετο

EPELYETO, epelyeto

Sounds Like: eh-peh-LOO-eh-toh

Translations: was being loosed, was being solved, was being explained, was being interpreted, was loosing for oneself, was solving for oneself, was explaining for oneself, was interpreting for oneself

From the root: ΕΠΙΛΥΩ

Part of Speech: Verb

Explanation: This word is the imperfect middle or passive indicative form of the verb ἐπιλύω (epilyō). It describes an action that was ongoing in the past. In the middle voice, it means 'to loose for oneself,' 'to solve for oneself,' or 'to explain for oneself.' In the passive voice, it means 'to be loosed,' 'to be solved,' 'to be explained,' or 'to be interpreted.' It is often used in contexts of resolving difficulties, explaining riddles, or interpreting dreams.

Inflection: Imperfect, Indicative, Third Person, Singular, Middle or Passive

Strong’s number: G1956 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΙΛΥΩ.

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.

  • ἘΠΙΛΥΘΗΣΕΤΑΙ — it will be solved, it will be explained, it will be interpreted, it will be decided
  • ΕΠΙΛΥΘΗΣΕΤΑΙ — it will be explained, it will be interpreted, it will be loosed, it will be solved
  • ΕΠΙΛΥΣΗ — interpretation, solution, explanation, a solution, an explanation
  • ΕΠΙΛΥΤΟΙ — solved, explained, interpreted, loosened, released, free, at liberty
  • ΕΠΙΛΥΩ — to explain, to interpret, to solve, to loose, to untie

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