ἘΦΛΕΓΜΑΙΝΕΝ, ἐφλεγμαινεν
EPHLEGMAINEN, ephlegmainen
Sounds Like: ef-leg-MAI-nen
Translations: was inflamed, was burning with fever, was feverish
From the root: ΦΛΕΓΜΑΙΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes a state of being inflamed or burning with fever. It is used to indicate a continuous or repeated action in the past, suggesting that something or someone was persistently experiencing inflammation or a feverish condition. It can be used to describe physical symptoms in a body or, metaphorically, a situation that was 'heating up' or becoming agitated.
Inflection: Imperfect Indicative, Active, Third Person Singular
Strong’s number: G5395 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 13:15
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΛΕΓΜΑΙΝΩ.
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.
- ἘΦΛΕΓΜΑΝΕΝ — it was inflamed, it was burning, it was festering
- ΕΦΛΕΓΜΑΝΕΝ — it inflamed, it was inflamed, it burned, it was burning
- ΦΛΕΓΜΑΙΝΟΝ — inflaming, being inflamed, burning, being hot, swelling, being swollen
- ΦΛΕΓΜΑΙΝΟΝΤΟΣ — of being inflamed, of being swollen, of being hot with fever
- ΦΛΕΓΜΑΙΝΟΥΣΑ — inflamed, swelling, burning, a swelling, an inflamed (wound)
- ΦΛΕΓΜΑΙΝΩ — to be inflamed, to be swollen, to burn, to be hot with fever
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