ἘΠΙΦΘΕΓΓΟΜΕΝΟΣ, ἐπιφθεγγομενος
EPIPHTHEGGOMENOS, epiphtheggomenos
Sounds Like: eh-pee-FTHENG-goh-meh-nos
Translations: speaking, uttering, proclaiming, calling out
From the root: ΕΠΙΦΘΕΓΓΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Participle, Verb
Explanation: This word is a present middle/passive participle, meaning 'speaking upon,' 'uttering,' or 'proclaiming.' It is a compound word formed from the preposition ἐπί (epi), meaning 'upon' or 'in addition to,' and the verb φθέγγομαι (phthéngomai), meaning 'to utter a sound' or 'to speak.' It describes someone who is in the act of speaking or proclaiming something, often with an emphasis on the act of utterance itself.
Inflection: Present, Middle/Passive, Participle, Masculine or Neuter, Nominative or Accusative, Singular
Strong’s number: G2031 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 7:14
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΙΦΘΕΓΓΟΜΑΙ.
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.
- ΕΠΙΦΘΕΓΓΟΜΑΙ — to speak out, to utter, to pronounce, to speak against, to speak upon
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