ἈΝΑΠΕΠΤΩΚΕΣΑΝ, ἀναπεπτωκεσαν
ANAPEPTŌKESAN, anapeptōkesan
Sounds Like: ah-nah-PEP-toh-keh-sahn
Translations: they had reclined, they had laid down, they had sat down
From the root: ΑΝΑΠΙΠΤΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb meaning 'to recline' or 'to lie down', often used in the context of taking a place at a meal. It describes the action of people having taken a reclining position, typically at a table or on a couch, as was customary in ancient times for dining. It is the third person plural, pluperfect active indicative form of the verb.
Inflection: Pluperfect, Active, Indicative, Third Person, Plural
Strong’s number: G0377 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 1:50
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΝΑΠΙΠΤΩ.
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.
- ἈΝΑΠΕΠΤΩΚΕΝΑΙ — to recline, to lie down, to fall back, to lean back
- ἈΝΑΠΕΣΩΝ — having reclined, having laid down, having sat down
- ἈΝΕΠΕΣΑ — reclined, lay down, sat down, reclined at table, sat down to eat
- ἈΝΕΠΕΣΑΝ — they reclined, they lay down, they sat down
- ἈΝΕΠΕΣΕ — reclined, lay down, fell back, leaned back
- ἈΝΕΠΕΣΕΝ — reclined, lay down, sat down, leaned back
- ἈΝΕΠΕΣΟΝ — reclined, lay down, sat down, ate, reclined at table
- ΑΝΑΠΕΠΤΩΚΕΝΑΙ — to recline, to lie down, to lean back, to sit down (at table)
- ΑΝΑΠΕΠΤΩΚΕΣΑΝ — they had reclined, they had lain down, they had fallen back
- ΑΝΑΠΕΣΕ — recline, lie down, fall back, sit down
- ΑΝΑΠΕΣΕΙΤΑΙ — will recline, will lie down, will sit down, will lean back
- ΑΝΑΠΕΣΙΝ — to recline, to lie down, to lean back, to sit down (at a meal)
- ΑΝΑΠΕΣΩΝ — lying down, reclining, having reclined, having laid down
- ΑΝΑΠΙΠΤΩ — recline, lie down, sit down, lean back
- ΑΝΕΠΕΣΑ — I reclined, I lay down, I sat down, I fell back, I leaned back
- ΑΝΕΠΕΣΑΝ — reclined, lay down, sat down, fell back
- ΑΝΕΠΕΣΕ — he reclined, he lay down, he sat down, he fell back
- ΑΝΕΠΕΣΕΝ — he reclined, he lay down, he sat down, he fell back
- ΑΝΕΠΕΣΟΝ — reclined, lay down, sat down, fell back
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