ΤΕΡΠΕΤΑΙ, τερπεται
TERPETAI, terpetai
Sounds Like: TER-pe-tai
Translations: rejoices, delights, takes pleasure, is pleased
From the root: ΤΕΡΠΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning to delight in, enjoy, or take pleasure in something. It is often used to describe a state of being pleased or finding joy in an activity or object. It can be used with a dative case to indicate what one delights in.
Inflection: 3rd Person, Singular, Present, Indicative, Middle or Passive Voice
Strong’s number: G5147 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 2:29
Codex Sinaiticus
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΤΕΡΠΩ.
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.
- ἘΤΕΡΠΕΤΟ — was delighted, was pleased, took pleasure, rejoiced
- ἘΤΕΡΦΘΗΝ — I was delighted, I was pleased, I was gladdened, I rejoiced
- ΕΠΙΤΕΡΠΕΤΑΙ — is delighted, takes pleasure, finds joy, delights in, takes delight in
- ΕΤΕΡΦΘΗΝ — I was delighted, I was pleased, I was gladdened, I took delight
- ΤΕΡΠ — to delight, to gladden, to enjoy, to be pleased, to be delighted
- ΤΕΡΠΕΙ — he delights, she delights, it delights, he pleases, she pleases, it pleases
- ΤΕΡΠΕΙΝ — to delight, to please, to gladden, to cheer
- ΤΕΡΠΕΣΘΑΙ — to delight in, to enjoy, to be pleased, to be glad
- ΤΕΡΠΟΜΕΝΟΙ — delighting, taking pleasure, rejoicing, enjoying, being delighted, being pleased
- ΤΕΡΠΟΜΕΝΟΝ — delighting, being delighted, rejoicing, being pleased, a delighting one, a rejoicing one
- ΤΕΡΠΟΜΕΝΟΣ — rejoicing, delighting, being delighted, enjoying
- ΤΕΡΠΟΜΕΝΩΝ — of delighting, of enjoying, of gladdening, of pleasing
- ΤΕΡΠΟΥ — delight, gladden, enjoy, be delighted, be glad, rejoice
- ΤΕΡΠΩ — to delight, to gladden, to enjoy, to please, to cheer
- ΤΕΡΠΩΝ — delighting, pleasing, gratifying, enjoying, a delighter, one who delights
- ΤΕΡΦΘΗΝΑΙ — to be delighted, to be pleased, to be refreshed, to be satisfied
- ΤΕΡΦΘΗΣΕΤΑΙ — will be delighted, will rejoice, will be pleased
- ΤΕΡΦΘΗΤΩΣΑΝ — let them be delighted, let them rejoice, let them be glad
- ΤΕΡΦΩ — to delight, to gladden, to please
- ΤΕΡΨΕΙ — will delight, will gladden, will please
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