ἘΦΘΑΝΟΝΤΟΠΑΙΟΜΕΝΟΙ, ἐφθανοντοπαιομενοι
EPHTHANONTOPAIOMENOI, ephthanontopaiomenoi
Sounds Like: eph-THA-non-to-PAI-oh-me-noi
Translations: they were being struck first, they were being struck beforehand, they were being struck as they arrived
From the root: ΦΘΑΝΩ, ΠΑΙΩ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This is a compound word formed from the verb 'φθάνω' (phthanō), meaning 'to arrive' or 'to anticipate,' and the participle 'παιόμενοι' (paiomenoi), meaning 'being struck.' The combined word describes an action where individuals are being struck or hit, with the added nuance that this striking occurs either as they arrive, or that they are struck before they can act or react. It implies a preemptive or immediate striking upon their arrival or appearance.
Inflection: Imperfect Middle/Passive (from φθάνω), Present Middle/Passive Participle, Nominative, Masculine, Plural (from παίω)
Strong’s numbers: G5348 (Lookup on BibleHub), G3817 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 2:31
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΘΑΝΩ, ΠΑΙΩ.
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.
- ΕΦΘΑΝΟΝΤΟΠΑΙΟΜΕΝΟΙ — they were being struck as they arrived, they were being hit as they came before, they were arriving being struck, they were coming before being hit
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