ἘΓΚΕΛΕΥΣΤΟΣ, ἐγκελευστος
EGKELEUSTOS, egkeleustos
Sounds Like: eng-keh-LEH-oo-stoss
Translations: commanded, ordered, urged, incited
From the root: ΕΓΚΕΛΕΥΩ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something that is commanded, ordered, or urged by someone. It implies an action or state that is not spontaneous but rather initiated or prompted by an external authority or influence. For example, a 'commanded lament' would be a lament that was ordered or incited, rather than one that arose naturally.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 1:6
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΓΚΕΛΕΥΩ.
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.
- ἘΓΚΕΛΕΥΕΤΑΙ — commands, urges, exhorts, encourages
- ἘΓΚΕΛΕΥΣΑΜΕΝΟΣ — having commanded, having urged, having exhorted, having charged
- ΕΓΚΕΛΕΥΩ — to urge, to exhort, to command, to instruct
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