ἘΠΙΣΠΩΜΕΝΟΣ, ἐπισπωμενος
EPISPŌMENOS, epispōmenos
Sounds Like: ep-is-POH-meh-nos
Translations: drawing upon, drawing over, pulling over, pulling on, pulling back, contracting, becoming uncircumcised
From the root: ΕΠΙΣΠΑΩ
Part of Speech: Verb (Participle)
Explanation: This word is a participle derived from the verb 'epispaō', meaning 'to draw upon' or 'to pull over'. It can refer to the act of pulling something towards oneself or over something else. In a specific medical or social context, it can refer to the act of restoring the foreskin, or becoming uncircumcised, which was a practice among some Jews in the Hellenistic period who wished to conceal their Jewish identity.
Inflection: Present, Middle/Passive, Masculine, Singular, Nominative
Strong’s number: G1961 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
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
- ἘΠΙΣΠΑΣΩΝΤΑΙ — they may draw upon, they may pull on, they may contract, they 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
- 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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