ἈΠΕΙΚΑΖΟΥΣΑ, ἀπεικαζουσα
APEIKAZOUSA, apeikazousa
Sounds Like: ah-peh-KAI-zoo-sah
Translations: likening, comparing, representing
From the root: ΑΠΕΙΚΑΖΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is a present active participle, meaning 'likening' or 'comparing'. It describes an action that is happening concurrently with the main verb of the sentence. It is used to show that something is being made similar to or compared with something else.
Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Singular, Feminine, Nominative
Strong’s number: G0520 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 8:3
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΠΕΙΚΑΖΩ.
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.
- ἈΠΕΙΚΑΣΜΕΝΗΝ — likened, compared, represented, portrayed, a likened (one), a compared (one), a represented (one), a portrayed (one)
- ἈΠΕΙΚΑΣΜΕΝΟΣ — likened, compared, made like, represented, a likeness, a comparison
- ΑΠΕΙΚΑΖΩ — to portray, to depict, to represent, to liken, to compare
- ΑΠΕΙΚΑΣΕΝ — he compared, he likened, he made like, he represented
- ΑΠΕΙΚΑΣΤΑΙΤΩΝ — of those who have been made like, of those who have been copied, of those who have been portrayed, of those who have been represented, of those who have been likened
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