ἘΓΚΑΤΑΣΤΗΣΑΣ, ἐγκαταστησας
EGKATASTĒSAS, egkatastēsas
Sounds Like: eng-ka-tas-TE-sas
Translations: having appointed, having established, having set up, having placed, having installed
From the root: ΕΓΚΑΘΙΣΤΗΜΙ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This is a compound word formed from the preposition ΕΝ (in, among), ΚΑΤΑ (down, against), and the verb ΙΣΤΗΜΙ (to stand, to set). It means to set up, appoint, or establish someone or something in a place or position. As an aorist active participle, it describes an action completed in the past by the subject, often translated as 'having appointed' or 'having established'. It can be used to describe the act of installing a leader, establishing a system, or placing something firmly in a location.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Participle, Nominative, Masculine, Singular
Strong’s number: G1707 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΓΚΑΘΙΣΤΗΜΙ.
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.
- ἘΓΚΑΘΙΣΤΑΝΤΟΣ — of establishing, of appointing, of setting up, of placing, of installing
- ἘΓΚΑΘΙΣΤΑΣ — to set in, to appoint, to establish, to place, to install
- ἘΓΚΑΘΙΣΤΗΣΙΝ — he establishes, he appoints, he sets in, he places in
- ἘΓΚΑΤΕΣΤΗΣΕΝ — he established, he appointed, he set up, he installed, he placed, he settled
- ΕΓΚΑΘΙΣΤΑΣ — appointing, establishing, setting in, one who appoints, one who establishes
- ΕΓΚΑΘΙΣΤΗΜΙ — to appoint, to establish, to set up, to install
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