ἘΓΚΡΙΝΕΙ, ἐγκρινει
EGKRINEI, egkrinei
Sounds Like: eng-KREE-nay
Translations: to approve, he approves, she approves, it approves, to judge worthy, he judges worthy, she judges worthy, it judges worthy, to admit, he admits, she admits, it admits
From the root: ΕΓΚΡΙΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning 'to approve,' 'to judge worthy,' or 'to admit.' It describes the act of giving one's sanction or acceptance to something or someone, or deeming them fit for a particular purpose or group. For example, one might approve of a plan or admit someone into a fellowship.
Inflection: Third Person Singular, Present, Active, Indicative
Strong’s number: G1456 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:228
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΓΚΡΙΝΩ.
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.
- ἘΓΚΡΙΝΕΤΑΙ — is approved, is chosen, is admitted, is included
- ἘΝΚΡΙΝΑΙ — to judge among, to count among, to include among, to approve, to allow
- ΕΓΚΡΙΝΑΙ — to approve, to commend, to judge worthy, to admit, to include
- ΕΓΚΡΙΝΩ — to approve, to admit, to receive, to count among
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