ΣΗΠΟΜΕΝΑ, σηπομενα
SĒPOMENA, sēpomena
Sounds Like: SEE-poh-meh-nah
Translations: decaying, rotting, corrupting, being corrupted, being decayed, being rotted
From the root: ΣΗΠΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a participle derived from the verb 'σῆπω' (sēpō), meaning 'to rot' or 'to decay'. As a participle, it describes something that is in the process of decaying or being corrupted. It can be used to describe material things that are subject to decomposition, or metaphorically, things that are morally corrupting or perishing.
Inflection: Present, Middle/Passive, Participle, Neuter, Plural, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G4595 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 3 — 6:147
Mathetes
- Letter to Diognetus — 2:3
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΗΠΩ.
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.
- ἘΣΑΠΗΣΑΝ — they rotted, they decayed, they became putrid
- ΕΣΑΠΗΣΑΝ — they rotted, they decayed, they became corrupt
- ΣΕΣΗΠΕΝ — has rotted, has decayed, is rotten, is corrupted
- ΣΕΣΗΠΟΣ — rotten, decayed, putrid, corrupted, having become rotten
- ΣΕΣΗΠΟΤΑ — rotted, decayed, corrupted, putrid, having rotted, having decayed, having corrupted
- ΣΗΠ — to rot, to decay, to corrupt, to putrefy
- ΣΗΠΕΣ — you may rot, you may decay, you may corrupt
- ΣΗΠΟΜΕΝΗΣ — of rotting, of decaying, of being corrupted, of putrefying
- ΣΗΠΟΜΕΝΟΙ — rotting, decaying, putrefying, becoming corrupt
- ΣΗΠΟΜΕΝΟΝ — rotting, decaying, corrupting, a rotting thing, a decaying thing
- ΣΗΠΟΜΕΝΟΣ — rotting, decaying, corrupting, a rotting one, a decaying one
- ΣΗΠΟΜΕΝΟΥ — decaying, rotting, putrefying, being corrupted, being spoiled, being ruined
- ΣΗΠΤΕΤΟ — was rotting, was decaying, was putrefying, was corrupting, was being corrupted
- ΣΗΠΩ — to rot, to decay, to corrupt, to putrefy
- ΣΗΨΟΝ — rot, decay, corrupt, cause to rot, cause to decay
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