ἘΓΚΡΙΝΕΤΑΙ, ἐγκρινεται
EGKRINETAI, egkrinetai
Sounds Like: eng-KREE-ne-tai
Translations: is approved, is chosen, is admitted, is included
From the root: ΕΓΚΡΙΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning to approve, choose, or admit someone or something into a group or category. In its passive form, as seen here, it indicates that something or someone is being approved, chosen, or admitted. It implies a decision or judgment being made by an external party.
Inflection: Third Person, Singular, Present, Indicative, Passive
Strong’s number: G1457 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 8:22
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.
- ἘΓΚΡΙΝΕΙ — 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
- 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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