ΟΜΗΡΕΥΟΝΤΩΝ, ομηρευοντων
OMĒREUONTŌN, omēreuontōn
Sounds Like: oh-mee-REH-oo-on-TON
Translations: being held as hostages, of those being held as hostages, of those who are hostages
From the root: ΟΜΗΡΕΥΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a participle derived from the verb meaning 'to be a hostage' or 'to give hostages'. It describes individuals who are being held as security or as prisoners, often in a political or military context. It is used to refer to the people who are in the state of being hostages.
Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Genitive, Plural, Masculine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G3630 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 18 — 2:46
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
- ΟΜΗΡΕΥΟΝΤΟΣ — (of) being a hostage, (of) serving as a hostage
- 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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