ἘΠΙΡΡΕΠΟΝΤΑ, ἐπιρρεποντα
EPIRHREPONTA, epirhreponta
Sounds Like: ep-ir-REP-on-tah
Translations: inclining, tending, leaning, swaying, falling, inclining towards, tending towards
From the root: ΕΠΙΡΡΕΠΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a participle derived from the verb 'ἐπιρρέπω', meaning to incline, lean, or tend towards something. It describes something that is leaning or swaying in a particular direction, or that has a tendency to fall or be drawn towards a certain state or outcome. It is often used to describe a predisposition or a natural inclination.
Inflection: Present Active Participle, Accusative, Masculine, Plural
Strong’s number: G2031 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Six — 2:17
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΙΡΡΕΠΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΙΡΡΕΠΟΥΣΑ — leaning towards, inclining, tending to, a leaning towards, an inclining, a tending to
- ΕΠΙΡΡΕΠΩ — incline, lean, be prone to, be disposed to
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