ἘΣΦΥΡΟΚΟΠΗΣΕΝ, ἐσφυροκοπησεν
ESPHYROKOPĒSEN, esphyrokopēsen
Sounds Like: es-foo-ro-ko-PEE-sen
Translations: he hammered, she hammered, it hammered, he struck, she struck, it struck
From the root: ΣΦΥΡΟΚΟΠΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a verb meaning 'to hammer' or 'to strike with a hammer'. It is a compound word derived from 'σφῦρα' (sphyra), meaning 'hammer', and 'κόπτω' (koptō), meaning 'to strike' or 'to cut'. It describes the action of hitting something forcefully with a hammer or a similar tool. In the provided example, it describes Sisera hammering something.
Inflection: Aorist Indicative, Active Voice, Third Person Singular
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Judges — 5:26
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΦΥΡΟΚΟΠΕΩ.
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.
- ΕΣΦΥΡΟΚΟΠΗΣΕΝ — hammered, struck with a hammer, beat with a hammer, smote with a hammer
- ΣΦΥΡΟΚΟΠΕΩ — to hammer, to beat with a hammer, to forge
- ΣΦΥΡΟΚΟΩΝ — hammering, beating with a hammer, forging
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