ἘΠΙΜΑΧΟΝ, ἐπιμαχον
EPIMACHON, epimachon
Sounds Like: ep-EE-ma-khon
Translations: disputed, controversial, debatable, assailable, a disputed thing
From the root: ΕΠΙΜΑΧΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something that is open to attack, dispute, or controversy. It is a compound word formed from 'ἐπί' (upon, against) and 'μάχη' (battle, fight), literally meaning 'that which is fought over' or 'that which can be attacked'. It is used to describe a place, an argument, or a situation that is vulnerable or contentious.
Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G2008 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 18:21
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΙΜΑΧΟΣ.
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.
- ἘΠΙΜΑΧΩΤΑΤΟΝ — most assailable, most vulnerable, most defensible, most contested
- ΕΠΙΜΑΧΟΣ — defensible, assailable, exposed, vulnerable
- ΕΠΙΜΑΧΩΤΑΤΟΝ — most assailable, most vulnerable, most exposed, most open to attack
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