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ΟΜΗΡΕΥΟΝΤΟΣ, ομηρευοντος

OMĒREUONTOS, omēreuontos

Sounds Like: oh-mee-REH-oo-on-toss

Translations: (of) being a hostage, (of) serving as a hostage

From the root: ΟΜΗΡΕΥΩ

Part of Speech: Participle

Explanation: This word is the genitive singular masculine or neuter present active participle of the verb ΟΜΗΡΕΥΩ. It describes someone or something that is currently acting as a hostage or serving in that capacity. It is used to indicate possession or relationship, often translated with 'of' or 'belonging to' in English, referring to the one who is a hostage.

Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Masculine or Neuter, Present, Active

Strong’s number: G3670 (Lookup on BibleHub)

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Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΟΜΗΡΕΥΩ.

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.

  • ΟΜΗΡΕΥΕΙ — to be a hostage, to be held as a hostage, to give hostages, to pledge
  • ΟΜΗΡΕΥΜΑ — hostage, a hostage, pledge, a pledge, security, a security
  • ΟΜΗΡΕΥΟΝΤΑ — being held as a hostage, being a hostage, being given as a hostage, being taken as a hostage
  • ΟΜΗΡΕΥΟΝΤΑΣ — being held as hostage, serving as hostage, acting as hostage
  • ΟΜΗΡΕΥΟΝΤΩΝ — being held as hostages, of those being held as hostages, of those who are hostages
  • ΟΜΗΡΕΥΣΟΝΤΑΣ — who will be hostages, about to be hostages, to give as hostages, to hold as hostages
  • ΟΜΗΡΕΥΩ — to be a hostage, to give hostages, to give security, to be surety

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