ΗΚΟΝἘΠΙΣΤΟΛΑΙ, ηκονἐπιστολαι
ĒKONEPISTOLAI, ēkonepistolai
Sounds Like: EE-koh-neh eh-pis-toh-LAI
Translations: letters had come, letters arrived, letters were arriving
From the root: ΗΚΩ, ἘΠΙΣΤΟΛΗ
Part of Speech: Verb, Noun
Explanation: This is a compound phrase formed by the verb 'ἥκω' (heko), meaning 'to have come' or 'to arrive', and the noun 'ἐπιστολή' (epistolē), meaning 'letter' or 'epistle'. The phrase 'ἤκονε ἐπιστολαί' translates to 'letters had come' or 'letters were arriving'. It describes the arrival of written communications.
Inflection: Third person plural, Imperfect Indicative Active (for ἤκονε); Nominative, Plural, Feminine (for ἐπιστολαί)
Strong’s numbers: G2240 (Lookup on BibleHub), G1992 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 34:15
From the same root
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