ἘΓΚΕΙΜΕΝΟΙ, ἐγκειμενοι
EGKEIMENOI, egkeimenoi
Sounds Like: eng-KEE-meh-noy
Translations: lying in, pressing upon, urgent, insistent, a pressing upon, an insistence
From the root: ΕΓΚΕΙΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb (Participle)
Explanation: This word describes something or someone that is lying in, pressing upon, or being urgent and insistent. It implies a strong, persistent pressure or presence, often in a figurative sense, such as an urgent need or a persistent demand. It is a compound word formed from 'ἐν' (in) and 'κεῖμαι' (to lie).
Inflection: Present, Middle/Passive, Participle, Nominative, Masculine, Plural
Strong’s number: G1459 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 15 — 4:100
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΓΚΕΙΜΑΙ.
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.
- ἘΓΚΕΙΜΕΝΗΣ — of pressing upon, of insisting, of lying in, of being laid upon
- ἘΓΚΕΙΜΕΝΟΣ — lying in, pressing upon, urgent, pressing, a pressing, an urgent
- ἘΓΚΕΙΜΕΝΟΥ — of lying in, of being pressed upon, of being urgent, of being insistent, of being present
- ἘΓΚΕΙΜΕΝΩ — (to) one pressing upon, (to) one lying upon, (to) one urging, (to) one insisting, (to) one being urgent
- ἘΓΚΕΙΜΕΝΩΝ — pressing upon, lying in, lying on, urging, insisting, being urgent, being laid upon
- ἘΝΕΚΕΙΤΟ — was lying, was laid, was pressing, was urgent, was insistent, was devoted
- ΕΓΚΕΙΜΑΙ — to lie in, to press upon, to be urgent, to be instant, to be insistent
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