ἘΠΙΤΕΜΝΕΤΑΙ, ἐπιτεμνεται
EPITEMNETAI, epitemnetai
Sounds Like: eh-pee-TEM-neh-tai
Translations: it is cut short, it is shortened, it is abbreviated, it is curtailed
From the root: ΕΠΙΤΕΜΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb, formed from the preposition ἐπί (epi), meaning 'upon' or 'in addition to', and the verb τέμνω (temnō), meaning 'to cut'. In its inflected form, it means 'it is cut short' or 'it is shortened'. It describes an action where something is reduced in length, duration, or scope, often implying a sudden or decisive action. It is used to indicate that something is being brought to an end or made more concise.
Inflection: Present, Indicative, Middle/Passive, 3rd Person Singular
Strong’s number: G2046 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 24:18
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΙΤΕΜΝΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΕΤΕΜΝΕΤΟ — was being cut short, was being shortened, was being abridged, was being circumcised
- ἘΠΕΤΕΤΜΗΤΟ — he was being cut short, she was being cut short, it was being cut short, he was being abridged, she was being abridged, it was being abridged, he was being circumcised, she was being circumcised, it was being circumcised
- ἘΠΙΤΕΜΕΙΝ — to cut short, to abridge, to shorten, to summarize
- ἘΠΙΤΕΜΝΕΙ — cuts short, abridges, curtails, shortens
- ἘΠΙΤΕΜΝΟΝΤΕΣ — cutting short, shortening, abridging, making brief, summarizing
- ἘΠΙΤΕΜΟΜΕΝΟΣ — being cut short, having been cut short, cut short, abridged, curtailed
- ἘΠΙΤΕΤΜΗΜΕΝΟΣ — cut short, abbreviated, summarized, reduced, a cut short thing, an abbreviated thing
- ΕΠΕΤΕΜΝΕΤΟ — he was being cut, he was being circumcised, it was being cut short, it was being abbreviated
- ΕΠΙΤΕΜΝΩ — to cut short, to shorten, to abridge, to circumcise
- ΕΠΙΤΕΤΜΗΜΕΝΟΣ — cut short, shortened, abbreviated, concise, abridged
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