ἨΕΙΠΡΟΣ, ἠειπρος
ĒEIPROS, ēeipros
Sounds Like: AY-ee-PROSS
Translations: went toward, proceeded to, advanced to
From the root: ΕΙΜΙ, ΠΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the verb 'εἶμι' (eimi), meaning 'to go' or 'to come', and the preposition 'πρός' (pros), meaning 'to' or 'toward'. The word 'ἨΕΙΠΡΟΣ' is an inflected form, specifically the imperfect active indicative, third person singular, meaning 'he/she/it was going toward' or 'he/she/it went toward'. It describes movement in the direction of something.
Inflection: Imperfect, Active, Indicative, Third Person, Singular
Strong’s numbers: G1519 (Lookup on BibleHub), G4314 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 9:51
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΙΜΙ, ΠΡΟΣ.
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.
- ἨΝΠΡΟΣ — was to, was toward, was with, was against
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