ΟΠΛΩΝἈΠΗΝΤΩΝ, οπλωνἀπηντων
OPLŌNAPĒNTŌN, oplōnapēntōn
Sounds Like: HOP-loh-nah-PEN-tohn
Translations: they were meeting with arms, they were encountering with weapons, they were opposing with arms
From the root: ΟΠΛΟΝ, ΑΠΑΝΤΑΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound word formed from the genitive plural of ὅπλον (hoplon), meaning 'weapon' or 'arms,' and a form of the verb ἀπαντάω (apantaō), meaning 'to meet' or 'to encounter.' The full word describes an action where a group of people were meeting or encountering someone, specifically doing so 'with arms' or 'with weapons,' implying a hostile or armed confrontation. It suggests an ongoing action in the past.
Inflection: Third Person Plural, Imperfect Indicative, Active Voice
Strong’s numbers: G3696 (Lookup on BibleHub), G522 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 17:3
From the same root
No other words from the same root, ΟΠΛΟΝ, ΑΠΑΝΤΑΩ, appear in our texts.
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