ἘΚΛΕΙΧΩ, ἐκλειχω
EKLEICHŌ, ekleichō
Sounds Like: ek-LEE-kho
Translations: to lick up, to lick clean, to lick off
From the root: ΕΚΛΕΙΧΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb means to lick something completely, often implying that nothing is left. It describes the action of an animal or person using their tongue to consume or clean something thoroughly. It is a compound word formed from 'ΕΚ' (out of, from) and 'ΛΕΙΧΩ' (to lick).
Inflection: First Person Singular, Present Indicative, Active Voice
Strong’s number: G1589 (Lookup on BibleHub)
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΚΛΕΙΧΩ.
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.
- ἘΚΛΕΙΧΕΣΘΑΙ — to lick up, to lick clean, to devour by licking
- ἘΚΛΙΞΑΙ — to lick up, to lick clean, to devour
- ἘΚΛΙΞΕΙ — lick up, devour, consume
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