ἘΠΙΘΕΣΕΙΣ, ἐπιθεσεις
EPITHESEIS, epitheseis
Sounds Like: eh-pee-THEH-seess
Translations: attacks, assaults, impositions, laying on, a laying on
From the root: ΕΠΙΘΕΣΙΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the act of laying something upon, an imposition, or an attack or assault. It is often used in the context of military actions or the laying on of hands in a religious sense. It is a compound word formed from 'ἐπί' (upon, on) and 'θέσις' (a placing, setting).
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G1947 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 12:6
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΙΘΕΣΙΣ.
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.
- ἘΠΙΘΕΣΕΩΣ — of laying on, of a laying on, of an imposition, of an attack, of an assault
- ἘΠΙΘΕΣΙΝ — laying on, a laying on, attack, an attack, assault, an assault
- ΕΠΙΘΕΣΕΩΣ — (of) laying on, (of) imposition, (of) assault, (of) attack
- ΕΠΙΘΕΣΙΣ — laying on, imposition, assault, attack, an attack
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