ἘΠΙΣΤΡΑΤΕΥΣΑΣΘΑΙ, ἐπιστρατευσασθαι
EPISTRATEUSASTHAI, epistrateusasthai
Sounds Like: ep-ee-strat-yoo-SAS-thigh
Translations: to make war against, to campaign against, to march against, to invade
From the root: ἘΠΙΣΤΡΑΤΕΥΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb, formed from the preposition 'ἐπί' (epi), meaning 'upon' or 'against', and the verb 'στρατεύω' (strateuō), meaning 'to make war' or 'to serve as a soldier'. Therefore, 'ἐπιστρατεύσασθαι' means to make war upon or against someone or something, to campaign or march against an enemy, or to invade a territory. It describes the act of leading a military expedition or engaging in warfare directed at a specific target.
Inflection: Aorist, Middle Voice, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G1949 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΠΙΣΤΡΑΤΕΥΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΕΣΤΡΑΤΕΥΣΑΤΟ — marched against, made war upon, campaigned against
- ἘΠΙΣΤΡΑΤΕΥΣΑΝΤΑΣ — having campaigned against, having marched against, having attacked, having made war upon
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