ἨΔΕΣΘΗ, ἠδεσθη
ĒDESTHĒ, ēdesthē
Sounds Like: ee-DES-thay
Translations: was pleased, delighted, enjoyed, took pleasure, was glad
From the root: ἨΔΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning 'to be pleased,' 'to delight in,' or 'to enjoy.' It describes a state of feeling pleasure or satisfaction. It is often used to indicate that someone found something agreeable or took joy in an action or outcome.
Inflection: Aorist, Indicative, Passive, 3rd Person Singular
Strong’s number: G2237 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 15 — 2:28
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 18:27
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἨΔΟΜΑΙ.
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.
- ἘΦΗΣΘΗΣΑΝ — they were pleased, they delighted, they rejoiced
- ἨΔΟΥΝΤΟ — they were pleased, they were delighted, they were glad, they were enjoying themselves
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