ἘΚΚΛΕΨΕΙΑΝ, ἐκκλεψειαν
EKKLEPSEIAN, ekklepseian
Sounds Like: ek-KLEP-si-an
Translations: they might steal away, they might carry off secretly, they might pilfer
From the root: ΕΚΚΛΕΠΤΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a verb meaning to steal away, to carry off secretly, or to pilfer. It is often used to describe the act of taking something surreptitiously or by stealth. It is a compound word formed from the preposition ἐκ (ek), meaning 'out of' or 'from', and the verb κλέπτω (kleptō), meaning 'to steal'.
Inflection: Third Person, Plural, Aorist, Active, Optative
Strong’s number: G1580 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 7:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΚΚΛΕΠΤΩ.
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.
- ἘΚΚΛΕΠΤΕΙ — steals away, slips away, escapes unnoticed
- ΕΚΚΛΕΠΤΩ — to steal away, to carry off secretly, to pilfer
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