ἘΓΚΑΤΕΚΛΕΙΣΑΝ, ἐγκατεκλεισαν
EGKATEKLEISAN, egkatekleisan
Sounds Like: eng-ka-te-KLEI-san
Translations: they shut in, they enclosed, they imprisoned, they confined
From the root: ΕΓΚΑΤΑΚΛΕΙΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the prefixes 'ἐν' (in), 'κατά' (down), and the verb 'κλείω' (to shut). It means to shut in, enclose, or confine someone or something. It describes an action where a group of people (indicated by 'they') performed the act of shutting or enclosing.
Inflection: Aorist, Indicative, Active, Third Person, Plural
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Six — 9:7
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΓΚΑΤΑΚΛΕΙΩ.
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.
- ΕΓΚΑΤΕΚΛΕΙΣΑΝ — they shut in, they imprisoned, they enclosed
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