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Name of God’s Son

ἘΠΙΛΥΣΗΣ, ἐπιλυσης

EPILYSĒS, epilysēs

Sounds Like: eh-pee-LOO-sees

Translations: you explain, you interpret, you solve, you untie

From the root: ἘΠΙΛΥΩ

Part of Speech: Verb

Explanation: This is a verb form meaning 'you explain' or 'you interpret'. It is used when someone is asking for clarification or understanding of something, such as a parable or a difficult concept. It can also mean to untie or solve a problem.

Inflection: Second Person, Singular, Aorist, Active, Subjunctive

Strong’s number: G1955 (Lookup on BibleHub)


Instances

The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables

From the same root

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

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.

  • ἘΠΕΛΥΕΝ — he was explaining, he was interpreting, he was solving, he was loosing
  • ἘΠΙΛΥΕΙ — he unties, she unties, it unties, he solves, she solves, it solves, he explains, she explains, it explains, he interprets, she interprets, it interprets
  • ἘΠΙΛΥΣΩ — will solve, will explain, will interpret, will loosen, will untie

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