ἘΠΩΝΟΜΑΣΑΝ, ἐπωνομασαν
EPŌNOMASAN, epōnomasan
Sounds Like: ep-oh-no-MAH-san
Translations: they named, they called, they surnamed
From the root: ἘΠΩΝΟΜΑΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word means to name, to call by a name, or to surname. It is used when a group of people assign a name to someone or something, such as a person, a place, or an object. It implies the act of giving a specific designation.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Indicative, 3rd Person Plural
Strong’s number: G2038 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 6:138
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΠΩΝΟΜΑΖΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΩΝΟΜΑΖΕ — was naming, was calling by name, was surnaming, used to name, used to call by name, used to surname
- ἘΠΩΝΟΜΑΣΘΗ — was named, was called, was surnamed
- ἘΠΩΝΟΜΑΣΘΗΣΑΝ — they were named, they were called, they were surnamed
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