ΣΦΕΤΕΡΟΥΣἘΒΑΛΛΟΝ, σφετερουσἐβαλλον
SPHETEROUSEBALLON, spheterouseballon
Sounds Like: sfeh-teh-ROOS-eh-BAL-lon
Translations: their own, they were throwing, they were casting
From the root: ΣΦΕΤΕΡΟΣ, ΒΑΛΛΩ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Verb
Explanation: This appears to be a compound word or two words concatenated without a space: ΣΦΕΤΕΡΟΥΣ and ἘΒΑΛΛΟΝ. ΣΦΕΤΕΡΟΥΣ is the accusative plural form of the possessive adjective ΣΦΕΤΕΡΟΣ, meaning 'one's own' or 'their own'. ἘΒΑΛΛΟΝ is the imperfect active indicative third person plural form of the verb ΒΑΛΛΩ, meaning 'to throw' or 'to cast'. Therefore, the combined meaning would be 'they were throwing their own' or 'they were casting their own'.
Inflection: ΣΦΕΤΕΡΟΥΣ: Accusative, Plural, Masculine or Feminine. ἘΒΑΛΛΟΝ: Imperfect, Indicative, Active, Third Person, Plural.
Strong’s numbers: G5368 (Lookup on BibleHub), G0906 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Unknown: Yes
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 3:14
From the same root
No other words from the same root, ΣΦΕΤΕΡΟΣ, ΒΑΛΛΩ, appear in our texts.
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