ΠΛΗΘΟΣἘΠΙΣΤΗΣΑΣ, πληθοσἐπιστησας
PLĒTHOSEPISTĒSAS, plēthosepistēsas
Sounds Like: PLEH-thos-ep-is-TAY-sas
Translations: having set a multitude over, having placed a great number upon, having appointed a crowd
From the root: ΠΛΗΘΟΣ, ἘΦΙΣΤΗΜΙ
Part of Speech: Compound Noun, Participle
Explanation: This is a compound word formed from the noun ΠΛΗΘΟΣ (plethos), meaning 'multitude' or 'great number', and the aorist active participle ἘΠΙΣΤΗΣΑΣ (epistēsas) from the verb ἘΦΙΣΤΗΜΙ (ephistēmi), meaning 'to set over, to place upon, to appoint over'. The compound word describes the action of someone having placed or appointed a large group or multitude of people or things over something or someone else. It implies the act of deploying or assigning a large force or group.
Inflection: Compound word: ΠΛΗΘΟΣ is a Noun, Singular, Neuter, Accusative. ἘΠΙΣΤΗΣΑΣ is a Participle, Aorist, Active, Nominative, Masculine, Singular.
Strong’s numbers: G4128 (Lookup on BibleHub), G2186 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 7:20
From the same root
No other words from the same root, ΠΛΗΘΟΣ, ἘΦΙΣΤΗΜΙ, appear in our texts.
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