ΓΛΙΧΕΣΘΑΙ, γλιχεσθαι
GLICHESTHAI, glichesthai
Sounds Like: gli-KHESTH-ai
Translations: to long for, to crave, to desire earnestly, to yearn for
From the root: ΓΛΙΧΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning to long for, crave, or desire something with great earnestness. It describes a strong yearning or aspiration towards an object, goal, or state. It is often used in contexts where someone is striving to attain something they deeply want.
Inflection: Present, Middle/Passive, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G1187 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 7 — 1:44
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΓΛΙΧΟΜΑΙ.
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.
- ΓΛΙΧΗΤΑΙ — long for, desire, crave, yearn for
- ΓΛΙΧΟΜΑΙ — to long for, to desire earnestly, to yearn, to crave
- ΓΛΙΧΟΜΕΝΟΝ — longing, desiring, craving, yearning, eager
- ΓΛΙΧΟΜΕΝΟΣ — longing, desiring, craving, yearning, striving, eager
- ΓΛΙΧΟΜΕΝΟΥΣ — longing for, eager for, desiring, those longing for, those eager for, those desiring
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