ἘΠΙΣΠΑΣΩΝΤΑΙ, ἐπισπασωνται
EPISPASŌNTAI, epispasōntai
Sounds Like: eh-pee-spah-SOHN-tai
Translations: they may draw upon, they may pull on, they may contract, they may drag
From the root: ΕΠΙΣΠΑΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the preposition ἘΠΙ (upon, on) and the verb ΣΠΑΩ (to draw, pull). It means to draw something upon oneself, to pull something towards oneself, or to contract something. It can be used in contexts where someone is bringing something upon themselves, either literally or figuratively, or causing something to be drawn or contracted.
Inflection: Future, Middle or Passive Voice, Subjunctive Mood, 3rd Person Plural
Strong’s number: G1986 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 72:400
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΙΣΠΑΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΕΣΠΑΣΑΤΟ — drew upon oneself, pulled upon oneself, dragged upon oneself, drew out, pulled out
- ἘΠΕΣΠΑΤΟ — was drawn, was attracted, was pulled, was dragged
- ἘΠΙΣΠΑΣΑΙ — draw upon, pull upon, bring upon, attract, contract
- ἘΠΙΣΠΑΣΑΜΕΝΟΣ — having drawn, having pulled, having dragged, having attracted, having drawn upon oneself
- ἘΠΙΣΠΑΣΕΙΝ — to draw upon, to pull over, to drag on, to draw tight, to pull
- ἘΠΙΣΠΑΣΘΕ — draw upon, attract, bring upon oneself, pull, drag
- ἘΠΙΣΠΑΣΩΜΕΘΑ — we may draw upon, we may pull upon, we may attract, we may drag
- ἘΠΙΣΠΑΤΑΙ — draw, pull, draw over, pull over, draw back, pull back, draw upon, pull upon
- ἘΠΙΣΠΩ — draw upon, drag along, pull, draw, attract
- ἘΠΙΣΠΩΜΕΝΟΣ — drawing upon, drawing over, pulling over, pulling on, pulling back, contracting, becoming uncircumcised
- ΕΠΙΕΤΩΝΤΑΙ — draw upon, bring upon, incur, attract
- ΕΠΙΣΠΑΣΑΙ — to draw over, to draw on, to draw back, to retract, to pull back, to pull over, to pull on
- ΕΠΙΣΠΑΣΑΣΘΑΙ — to draw over, to draw upon, to pull back, to retract
- ΕΠΙΣΠΑΣΩΜΕΘΑ — let us draw over, let us pull over, let us draw on, let us pull on
- ΕΠΙΣΠΑΩ — to draw over, to draw on, to draw back, to retract, to pull back, to pull over
- ΕΠΙΣΠΩΝΤΑΙ — they draw upon themselves, they pull, they contract, they draw back, they are drawn, they are pulled
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