ἘΠΙΤΗΔΕΙΩΝ, ἐπιτηδειων
EPITĒDEIŌN, epitēdeiōn
Sounds Like: ep-ee-TAY-dee-ohn
Translations: (of) necessities, (of) provisions, (of) supplies, (of) things necessary
From the root: ἘΠΙΤΗΔΕΙΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This word is an adjective meaning 'suitable' or 'fit for use'. In its plural form, especially in the genitive case as seen here, it is often used substantively to refer to 'things that are necessary' or 'provisions' and 'supplies' for life, such as food or other essential items. It describes what is needed or appropriate for a particular purpose or situation.
Inflection: Plural, Genitive, Masculine or Feminine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G2039 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 26:247
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 10:181
- Book 2 — 3:31, 15:326
- Book 7 — 9:231
- Book 9 — 4:61, 4:86
- Book 13 — 8:240
- Book 14 — 13:362, 14:390, 15:406, 15:408, 16:475
- Book 15 — 5:153, 6:199
- Book 16 — 2:62
- Book 19 — 8:341
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 2:16, 5:18, 12:3, 16:14, 17:2, 19:3, 21:10
- Book Two — 20:29
- Book Three — 7:47, 7:52, 7:181, 8:3
- Book Four — 7:12, 9:49
- Book Five — 1:8, 1:24, 8:14, 12:3, 12:30
- Book Seven — 8:26
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 16:86
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΠΙΤΗΔΕΙΟΣ.
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.
- ἘΠΙΤΗΔΕΙΑ — suitable, fit, proper, convenient, necessary, useful, provisions, necessities, supplies, a provision, a necessity, a supply
- ἘΠΙΤΗΔΕΙΟΙ — suitable, fit, convenient, necessary, useful, proper, appropriate, advantageous, friendly, intimate, friends, necessities
- ἘΠΙΤΗΔΕΙΟΤΕΡΟΥΣ — more suitable, more convenient, more useful, more fitting, more appropriate
- ἘΠΙΤΗΔΕΙΟΥΣ — suitable, fit, convenient, useful, necessary, proper, appropriate, advantageous, a suitable one, a fit one, a necessary one
- ἘΠΙΤΗΔΕΙΩΣ — suitably, conveniently, appropriately, properly, fitly
- ΤΟΥΣἘΠΙΤΗΔΕΙΟΥΣ — the suitable, the necessary, the useful, the proper, the fit, the convenient, the appropriate, the friendly, the intimate, the relatives, the friends
This concordance database is in beta
That means it's an unfinished preview of what we're building and is still being refined and corrected. It was initially generated from Google Gemini 2.5. It will be edited and corrected over time, with additional information added as we go.
It is your responsibility to double-check anything important.
Please report any errors or important missing information.