2001 Translation

ERASTĒN, erastēn

Sounds Like: eh-ras-TEEN

Translations: lover, an admirer, a lover

From the root: ἘΡΑΣΤΗΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a lover or an admirer. It can denote someone who is passionately devoted to another person, often in a romantic sense, but can also describe someone who is a devoted admirer or enthusiast of a particular thing, idea, or activity. It is used to indicate the direct object of a verb.

Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Masculine

Strong’s number: G2038 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 19 — 1:46
• Book 20 — 4:81

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΡΑΣΤΗΣ.

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.

• ἘΡΑΣΤΑΙ — lovers, friends, paramours, admirers
• ἘΡΑΣΤΑΙΣ — to lovers, for lovers, with lovers, by lovers
• ἘΡΑΣΤΑΣ — lovers, paramours
• ἘΡΑΣΤΗ — lover, a lover, paramour, suitor
• ἘΡΑΣΤΟΥ — of a lover, of the lover, of a friend, of the friend
• ἘΡΑΣΤΩΝ — of lovers, of a lover

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