ἘΠΕΠΗΔΩΝ, ἐπεπηδων
EPEPĒDŌN, epepēdōn
Sounds Like: eh-peh-PEE-dohn
Translations: they were leaping upon, they were jumping upon, they were springing upon
From the root: ΕΠΙΠΗΔΑΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from the preposition ἐπί (epi), meaning 'upon' or 'on', and the verb πηδάω (pēdaō), meaning 'to leap' or 'to jump'. Together, it means 'to leap upon' or 'to jump on'. It describes an action of forcefully or eagerly moving onto something or someone. It is used to describe a continuous or repeated action in the past.
Inflection: Imperfect, Active, Indicative, 3rd Person, Plural
Strong’s number: G1965 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 1:25
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΙΠΗΔΑΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΙΠΗΔΗΣΑΝΤΕΣ — leaping upon, springing upon, rushing upon, assailing
- ἘΠΙΠΗΔΗΣΑΣ — leaping upon, having leaped upon, having sprung upon, having rushed upon
- ἘΠΙΠΗΔΩΝΤΕΣ — leaping upon, springing upon, rushing upon, assailing
- ἘΠΙΠΗΔΩΣΙΝ — they leap upon, they spring upon, they rush upon, they attack
- ΕΠΙΠΗΔΩΣΙΝ — they leap upon, they spring upon, they rush upon
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