ἘΠΙΣΚΗΠΤΩΝ, ἐπισκηπτων
EPISKĒPTŌN, episkēptōn
Sounds Like: ep-is-KEP-tōn
Translations: charging, commanding, enjoining, laying upon, inflicting, bringing upon
From the root: ΕΠΙΣΚΗΠΤΩ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word is a participle derived from the verb 'episkēptō'. It means to charge, command, or enjoin something upon someone, often with the sense of laying a burden or responsibility upon them. It can also mean to inflict or bring something upon someone, such as a punishment or a disease. It is used to describe an action that is currently happening or ongoing.
Inflection: Present, Active, Masculine, Nominative, Singular
Strong’s number: G1943 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 17 — 5:130
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΙΣΚΗΠΤΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΕΣΚΗΠΤΕ — was enjoining, was commanding, was charging, was imposing, was inflicting
- ἘΠΕΣΚΗΨΕ — fell upon, rushed upon, attacked, inflicted, imposed
- ἘΠΙΣΚΗΨΑΝΤΕΣ — having fallen upon, having rushed upon, having attacked, having assailed
- ἘΠΙΣΚΗΨΕΙ — to charge, to enjoin, to command, to impose, to inflict
- ΕΠΙΣΚΗΠΤΩ — to fall upon, to rush upon, to attack, to inflict, to impose
- ΕΠΙΣΚΗΠΤΩΝ — visiting, overseeing, looking upon, inspecting, to visit, to oversee, to look upon, to inspect
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