ἨΛΑΣΕΝ, ἠλασεν
ĒLASEN, ēlasen
Sounds Like: EE-LAH-sen
Translations: he drove, she drove, it drove, he led, she led, it led, he pushed, she pushed, it pushed, he sailed, she sailed, it sailed
From the root: ἘΛΑΥΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a past tense verb, specifically the aorist active indicative form of the verb 'ἐλαύνω'. It means to drive, lead, push, or sail. It describes an action that was completed in the past, often implying movement or propulsion. For example, it could be used to say 'he drove the cattle' or 'he sailed the ship'.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Indicative, 3rd Person Singular
Strong’s number: G1643 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 29:276
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 6 — 13:271
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 18:17
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΛΑΥΝΩ.
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.
- ἘΛΑΣΑΣ — having driven, having marched, having ridden, having pushed, having rowed
- ἘΛΑΥΝΟΜΕΝΟΣ — being driven, being carried, being sailed, being moved, being impelled
- ἘΛΑΥΝΟΜΕΝΟΥΣ — being driven, being led, being carried, being impelled, those being driven, those being led
- ἘΛΑΥΝΟΜΕΝΩΝ — of those being driven, of those being carried, of those being moved, of those being pursued, of those being impelled
- ἘΛΑΥΝΟΝ — they were driving, they were leading, they were pushing, they were rowing, they were sailing
- ἘΛΑΥΝΟΝΤΑΙ — they are driven, they are being driven, they are carried along, they are impelled
- ἘΛΑΥΝΟΝΤΕΣ — driving, marching, sailing, being driven, being carried, moving forward
- ἘΛΑΥΝΩΝ — driving, leading, pushing, striking, one who drives, one who leads
- ἘΛΑΥΣΑ — I drove, I led, I pushed, I sailed, I rowed
- ἘΝΗΛΑΤΟ — drove into, struck, rushed upon, attacked
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