ἈΝΗΚΕΣΤΩΝ, ἀνηκεστων
ANĒKESTŌN, anēkestōn
Sounds Like: an-ee-KES-ton
Translations: (of) incurable, (of) irreparable, (of) irremediable, (of) unrecoverable
From the root: ΑΝΗΚΕΣΤΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something that is beyond remedy or repair, signifying a state of incurability or irreparable damage. It is often used to refer to misfortunes, disasters, or injuries that cannot be fixed or recovered from. It is a compound word formed from the negative prefix ἀν- (an-, 'not') and the verb ἥκω (hēkō, 'to have come, to be fitting, to be proper'), implying something that is 'not fitting' or 'not coming to a proper end,' hence incurable.
Inflection: Genitive, Plural, All genders
Strong’s number: G0408 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 15 — 7:215
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 19:20
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΝΗΚΕΣΤΟΣ.
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.
- ἈΝΗΚΕΣΤΟΙΣ — irreparable, incurable, irremediable, uncurable, unhealable
- ἈΝΗΚΕΣΤΟΥ — of incurable, of irreparable, of irremediable, of incurable (of), of irreparable (of), of irremediable (of)
- ἈΝΗΚΕΣΤΩΣ — incurably, irremediably, irreparably, without remedy, beyond remedy
- ΑΝΗΚΕΣΤΟΙΣ — incurable, irreparable, irremediable, desperate, grievous, to incurable things, for incurable things
- ΑΝΗΚΕΣΤΟΣ — incurable, irreparable, irremediable, desperate, grievous
- ΑΝΗΚΕΣΤΩΝ — of incurable things, of irreparable things, of things past remedy
- ΑΝΗΚΕΣΤΩΣ — incurably, irremediably, without remedy, past cure
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