ἘΓΚΛΙΝΟΝΤΟΣ, ἐγκλινοντος
EGKLINONTOS, egklinontos
Sounds Like: eng-KLEE-non-tos
Translations: (of) inclining, (of) turning aside, (of) yielding, (of) giving way
From the root: ΕΓΚΛΙΝΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is a present active participle derived from the verb 'Ἐγκλίνω', meaning 'to incline, turn aside, or yield'. As a participle, it describes an ongoing action and functions like an adjective or adverb in a sentence, modifying a noun or verb. In this genitive form, it often indicates the cause or circumstance of an action, or describes possession or relationship.
Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Singular, Genitive, Masculine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G1476 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 6:41
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΓΚΛΙΝΩ.
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.
- ἘΓΚΛΙΘΕΙΣ — having leaned, having reclined, having turned aside, having bent, having inclined
- ἘΓΚΛΙΝΑΝΤΕΣ — having turned aside, having leaned, having inclined, having yielded, having given way
- ἘΓΚΛΙΝΑΝΤΩΝ — of those who turned aside, of those who yielded, of those who inclined, of those who leaned, of those who gave way
- ἘΓΚΛΙΝΟΥΣΙΝ — they lean, they incline, they turn aside, they bend, they yield, they give way
- ΕΓΚΛΙΝΩ — to incline, to turn aside, to turn away, to bend, to lean, to yield, to give way
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