ἘΠΙΔΡΕΠΟΜΕΝΟΥΣ, ἐπιδρεπομενους
EPIDREPOMENOUS, epidrepomenous
Sounds Like: ep-ee-dre-POH-me-noos
Translations: allowing themselves, permitting themselves, granting themselves, yielding themselves
From the root: ΕΠΙΔΡΕΠΩ
Part of Speech: Verb (Participle)
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from the preposition ἐπί (epi, 'upon, to, in addition to') and δρέπω (drepō, 'to pluck, gather'). In its middle voice, it means to allow, permit, or grant something to oneself, or to yield to something. It describes an action where the subject is both the agent and the recipient of the action, essentially 'allowing for themselves' or 'taking for themselves'.
Inflection: Accusative, Plural, Masculine, Present Middle/Passive Participle
Strong’s number: G1901 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 2:126
From the same root
No other words from the same root, ΕΠΙΔΡΕΠΩ, appear in our texts.
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