ἘΣΚΕΠΟΝ, ἐσκεπον
ESKEPON, eskepon
Sounds Like: es-KEH-pon
Translations: they were covering, they were protecting, they were sheltering
From the root: ΣΚΕΠΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the third person plural imperfect active indicative form of the verb 'σKέπω' (skepō), meaning 'to cover' or 'to protect'. It describes an ongoing or repeated action in the past, indicating that 'they' were in the process of covering, protecting, or sheltering something or themselves. It implies a continuous state of defense or concealment.
Inflection: Third Person, Plural, Imperfect, Active, Indicative
Strong’s number: G4628 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 5:4
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΚΕΠΩ.
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.
- ἘΣΚΕΠΕΝ — covered, was covering, sheltered, was sheltering, protected, was protecting
- ΣΚΕΠΑΣΗ — cover, protect, shelter, hide, conceal
- ΣΚΕΠΑΣΘΗΝΑΙ — to be covered, to be sheltered, to be protected, to be hidden
- ΣΚΕΠΑΣΘΗΣΕΤΑΙ — he will be covered, she will be covered, it will be covered, he will be protected, she will be protected, it will be protected
- ΣΚΕΠΑΣΘΗΣΟΜΕΘΑ — we will be covered, we will be sheltered, we will be protected
- ΣΚΕΠΑΣΘΗΣΟΝΤΑΙ — they will be covered, they will be sheltered, they will be protected
- ΣΚΕΠΑΣΘΗΤΕ — be covered, be protected, be sheltered
- ΣΚΕΠΑΣΘΩΜΕΝ — let us be covered, let us be clothed, let us be sheltered, let us be protected
- ΣΚΕΠΟΜΕΝΗ — covered, being covered, protected, being protected
- ΣΚΕΠΟΜΕΝΟΝ — covering, protecting, sheltering, being covered, being protected, being sheltered
- ΣΚΕΠΟΝΤΑ — covering, sheltering, protecting, providing shelter, providing protection
- ΣΚΕΠΟΝΤΩΝ — of protecting, of covering, of sheltering, of providing shelter
- ΣΚΕΠΩ — to cover, to protect, to shelter, to hide
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