ἘΦΙΕΝΤΟ, ἐφιεντο
EPHIENTO, ephiento
Sounds Like: eh-FEE-en-toh
Translations: they were sending, they were letting go, they were permitting, they were desiring, they were striving
From the root: ἘΦΙΗΜΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is an inflected form of the verb 'ephíēmi', meaning 'to send forth', 'to let go', 'to permit', or 'to desire/strive for'. It is used to describe an action that was ongoing or repeated in the past, indicating that a group of people were engaged in the act of sending, letting go, permitting, or earnestly desiring something.
Inflection: Imperfect Indicative, Middle/Passive Voice, Third Person Plural
Strong’s number: G2107 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Seven — 4:18
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΦΙΗΜΙ.
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.
- ἘΦΕΙΜΕΝΟΥ — of having been sent, of having been let go, of having been permitted, of having been aimed at, of having been desired
- ἘΦΗΚΕΝ — he sent upon, he let go, he allowed, he permitted, he imposed
- ἘΦΙΑΣΙΝ — they send upon, they let go, they permit, they allow, they impose
- ἘΦΙΕΝΑΙ — to send upon, to let go, to permit, to allow, to desire, to long for
- ἘΦΙΕΝΤΟΣ — desiring, longing, striving, sending forth, letting go, yielding, allowing, aiming at
- ἘΦΙΕΤΟ — was desiring, was longing for, was reaching for, was aiming at, was striving for
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