ἘΦΥΛΑΤΤΕΤΟ, ἐφυλαττετο
EPHYLATTETO, ephylatteto
Sounds Like: eh-fy-LAHT-teh-toh
Translations: was being guarded, was being kept, was being watched over, was being preserved
From the root: ΦΥΛΑΤΤΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the imperfect indicative middle/passive third person singular form of the verb 'φυλάττω' (phylatto). It describes an action that was ongoing or repeated in the past, indicating that someone or something 'was being guarded,' 'was being kept,' or 'was being watched over.' It implies a continuous state of protection or preservation.
Inflection: Imperfect, Indicative, Middle or Passive, 3rd Person Singular
Strong’s number: G5442 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΥΛΑΤΤΩ.
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.
- ἈΡΑΦΥΛΑΤΤΟΙΝΤΟ — they would then be guarded, they would then be kept, they would then be preserved
- ΣΥΜΦΥΛΑΤΤΕΙΝ — to guard together, to keep together, to preserve together, to protect together
- ΦΥΛΑΤΤΩ — to guard, to keep, to watch, to preserve, to observe, to protect
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