ἨΣΘΙΕΝ, ἠσθιεν
ĒSTHIEN, ēsthien
Sounds Like: ees-THEE-en
Translations: was eating, ate, did eat
From the root: ἘΣΘΊΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is an inflected form of the verb 'ἘΣΘΊΩ', meaning 'to eat'. It describes an action of eating that occurred in the past, often implying a continuous or repeated action, or simply a completed action in the past. It can be used in sentences like 'he was eating bread' or 'he ate the food'.
Inflection: Imperfect Indicative, Active Voice, 3rd Person, Singular
Strong’s number: G2068 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 39:6
- 1 Samuel — 1:7, 14:32
- 2 Samuel — 9:11, 9:13, 12:3
- 1 Kings — 17:15
- 2 Kings — 25:29
- Tobit — 10:7
- Jeremiah — 52:33
- Daniel (Theodotion) — 4:30
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Mark — 2:16
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΣΘΊΩ.
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.
- ἘΔΟΥΝΤΑΙ — they will be eaten, they will be consumed
- ἘΣΘΙΟΜΕΝΑ — things being eaten, things to be eaten, food
- ἘΣΘΙΩΝ — eating, while eating, one who eats, he who eats
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