ἘΓΚΑΜΝΕΙΝ, ἐγκαμνειν
EGKAMNEIN, egkamnein
Sounds Like: eng-KAHM-nayn
Translations: to grow weary, to faint, to be exhausted, to be tired
From the root: ΕΓΚΑΜΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes the act of becoming weary, exhausted, or faint. It implies a loss of strength or resolve, often due to effort or hardship. It can be used in contexts where someone is physically or mentally giving up due to fatigue.
Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G1457 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 10:12
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΓΚΑΜΝΩ.
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.
- ἘΓΚΑΜΟΝΤΟΣ — having grown weary, having become exhausted, having become faint
- ἘΝΕΚΑΜΝΕ — was growing weary, was becoming exhausted, was fainting
- ΕΓΚΑΜΝΩ — to grow weary, to be weary, to faint, to be exhausted
- ΕΓΚΑΜΟΝΤΟΣ — of having grown weary, of having become exhausted, of having toiled
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