2001 Translation

EKISSĒSEN, ekissēsen

Sounds Like: eh-KIS-say-sen

Translations: conceived, became pregnant, longed for, craved

From the root: ΚΙΣΣΑΩ

Part of Speech: Verb

Explanation: This word describes the act of conceiving or becoming pregnant, often with an underlying sense of longing or craving, similar to the cravings experienced during pregnancy. It is used to indicate the beginning of a pregnancy or a strong desire for something. In a sentence, it would typically describe someone (the mother) conceiving a child.

Inflection: Aorist, Active, Indicative, 3rd Person, Singular

Strong’s number: G2793 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 18:5

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Psalms — 50:7

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΙΣΣΑΩ.

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.

• ἘΚΙΣΣΩΝ — they were clinging, they were embracing, they were kissing
• ΕΚΙΣΣΗΣΕΝ — they craved, they longed, they yearned, they desired
• ΚΙΣΣΗΣ — to conceive, to become pregnant, to be pregnant, to be with child
• ΚΙΣΣΗΣΑΙ — to conceive, to become pregnant, to be in heat, to be in rut

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