ἨΦΙΕΙ, ἠφιει
ĒPHIEI, ēphiei
Sounds Like: ee-FEE-ay
Translations: he was sending, he was letting go, he was throwing, he was releasing, he was allowing
From the root: ἹΗΜΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is an inflected form of the verb 'ἵημι' (hiēmi), meaning 'to send', 'to let go', 'to throw', 'to release', or 'to allow'. It describes an action that was ongoing or repeated in the past. It can be used in contexts where something is being dispatched, released from restraint, or permitted to happen.
Inflection: Imperfect, Active, Indicative, 3rd Person Singular
Strong’s number: G2469 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἹΗΜΙ.
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.
- ἘΣΗΕΣΑΝ — they sent, they threw, they cast, they hurled
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