ἘΠΙΣΤΑΜΑΙ, ἐπισταμαι
EPISTAMAI, epistamai
Sounds Like: ep-ee-STA-mahee
Translations: know, understand, be acquainted with, be skilled in
From the root: ἘΠΙΣΤΑΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb means to know, understand, or be acquainted with something. It often implies a deep or practical knowledge, a skill, or an understanding gained through experience. It can be used to express knowing facts, understanding concepts, or being skilled in a particular area.
Inflection: Present, Indicative, Middle/Passive, First Person Singular
Strong’s number: G1987 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
1 Enoch Greek Collection
- 1 Enoch — 103:2
Barnabus
- Letter of Barnabas — 1:4
Justin Martyr
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Exodus — 4:14, 9:30
- Deuteronomy — 31:27
- Joshua — 2:5, 2:9
- Tobit — 5:6, 5:10, 6:13, 6:13, 11:7, 11:7
- Job — 32:22
- Isaiah — 29:12, 37:28
- Jeremiah — 1:5, 1:6
- Ezekiel — 11:5
The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments
- Mandate 6 — 2:5
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΠΙΣΤΑΜΑΙ.
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.
- ἘΠΙΣΤΑΜΕΝΟΙ — knowing, understanding, being skilled, being acquainted with, those knowing, those understanding
- ἘΠΙΣΤΑΜΕΝΩΝ — of those knowing, of those understanding, of those skilled, of those acquainted
- ἘΠΙΣΤΑΝΤΑΙ — they know, they understand, they are acquainted with, they are skilled in
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