ἨΚΟΝΤΙΖΟΝ, ἠκοντιζον
ĒKONTIZON, ēkontizon
Sounds Like: ay-KON-tee-zon
Translations: they were throwing, they were hurling, they were shooting
From the root: ΑΚΟΝΤΙΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the third person plural imperfect active indicative form of the verb 'ἀκοντίζω' (akontizo). It describes an ongoing or repeated action in the past, meaning 'they were throwing' or 'they were hurling' something, often a javelin or spear. It implies a continuous or habitual action rather than a single completed event.
Inflection: Third Person, Plural, Imperfect, Active, Indicative
Strong’s number: G0001 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 19:30
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΚΟΝΤΙΖΩ.
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.
- ἈΚΟΝΤΙ — to hurl a javelin, to throw a dart, to shoot
- ἈΚΟΝΤΙΖΕΤΑΙ — it is thrown, it is hurled, it is cast
- ἈΚΟΝΤΙΖΩ — to throw a javelin, to hurl, to cast, to shoot
- ἈΚΟΝΤΙΖΩΝ — throwing, hurling, casting, shooting
- ἈΚΟΝΤΙΣΑΙ — to throw a javelin, to hurl, to shoot, to cast
- ΑΚΟΝΤΙΖΩ — to throw a javelin, to cast a dart, to hurl, to shoot
- ἨΚΟΝΤΙΖΕΝ — was throwing a dart, was throwing a javelin, was shooting
- ἨΚΟΝΤΙΣΑΣ — you hurled, you shot, you cast forth
- ΗΚΟΝΤΙ — to throw, to hurl, to shoot, to cast, to pierce, to strike
- ΚΟΝΤΙΖΩ — to throw a javelin, to hurl, to cast, to shoot
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