ἘΠΩΝΟΜΑΣΘΗΣΑΝ, ἐπωνομασθησαν
EPŌNOMASTHĒSAN, epōnomasthēsan
Sounds Like: ep-oh-no-MAH-thay-san
Translations: they were named, they were called, they were surnamed
From the root: ἘΠΩΝΟΜΑΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning 'to name after', 'to call by a name', or 'to surname'. It is used to indicate that someone or something received a name or appellation, often derived from another source or characteristic. The form 'ἘΠΩΝΟΜΑΣΘΗΣΑΝ' specifically means 'they were named' or 'they were called', indicating a past action performed upon a group of people.
Inflection: Aorist, Indicative, Passive, 3rd Person, Plural
Strong’s number: G2037 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 6:12
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
- ἘΠΩΝΟΜΑΣΑΝ — they named, they called, they surnamed
- ἘΠΩΝΟΜΑΣΘΗ — was named, was called, was surnamed
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