ἘΚΑΜΜΥΣΑΝ, ἐκαμμυσαν
EKAMMYSAN, ekammysan
Sounds Like: eh-KAM-moo-san
Translations: they closed, they shut, they shut their eyes
From the root: ΚΑΜΜΥΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning 'to close' or 'to shut', often specifically referring to closing the eyes. It is used to describe an action completed in the past. In the provided context, it describes people deliberately closing their eyes to avoid seeing something, implying a willful refusal to perceive or understand.
Inflection: Third Person, Plural, Aorist, Active, Indicative
Strong’s number: G2576 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Isaiah — 6:10
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΜΜΥΩ.
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.
- ΕΚΑΜΜΥΣΑ — I closed, I shut, I closed my eyes, I shut my eyes
- ΕΚΑΜΜΥΣΑΝ — they closed their eyes, they shut their eyes
- ΚΑΜΜΥ — to close, to shut, to shut up, to shut the eyes, to close the eyes
- ΚΑΜΜΥΣΑΙ — to close the eyes, to shut the eyes
- ΚΑΜΜΥΣΕΙ — to close, to shut, to shut up, to close the eyes
- ΚΑΜΜΥΣΙ — to close the eyes, to shut the eyes, to wink
- ΚΑΜΜΥΩ — to close the eyes, to shut the eyes, to shut, to close
- ΚΑΜΜΥΩΝ — to close the eyes, to shut the eyes
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