ἘΠΗΞΟΝΟΥΣΑΝ, ἐπηξονουσαν
EPĒXONOUSAN, epēxonousan
Sounds Like: ep-ay-xo-NOO-san
Translations: they named, they called by name, they gave a name to
From the root: ΕΠΩΝΟΜΑΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb, specifically the third-person plural imperfect active indicative of the verb ἐπωνομάζω (eponomazō). It means 'they were naming' or 'they used to name'. It describes an ongoing or repeated action of naming or calling by name in the past. It is a compound word formed from the prefix ἐπι- (epi-, 'upon, in addition to') and ὀνομάζω (onomazō, 'to name').
Inflection: Third-person, Plural, Imperfect, Active, Indicative
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Numbers — 1:18
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΩΝΟΜΑΖΩ.
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.
- ΕΠΩΝΟΜΑΖΩ — to name, to call by name, to surname, to give a name to
- ΕΠΩΝΟΜΑΣΑΝ — they named, they surnamed, they called by name, they gave a name to
- ΕΠΩΝΟΜΑΣΕΝ — he named, he called, he surnamed
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