ἘΚΡΙΠΙΖΕΙΝ, ἐκριπιζειν
EKRIPIZEIN, ekripizein
Sounds Like: ek-ri-PI-zin
Translations: to fan, to stir up, to inflame, to kindle, to incite
From the root: ΡΙΠΙΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is an infinitive form of the verb 'ripizo', meaning 'to fan' or 'to stir up'. It is often used metaphorically to describe the act of inciting or inflaming emotions, passions, or conflicts, much like fanning a flame to make it grow stronger. It implies an action that causes something to increase in intensity or spread.
Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G4494 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 14:23
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΡΙΠΙΖΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΑΝΕΡΡΙΠΙΣΑΝ — they fanned up again, they rekindled, they stirred up again
- ΕΞΕΡΡΙΠΙΖΩ — to fan into a flame, to rekindle, to stir up, to inflame
- ΡΙΠΙΖΟΜΕΝΩ — being fanned, being tossed, being driven, being agitated
- ΡΙΠΙΖΟΝΤΟΣ — of fanning, of blowing, of one fanning, of one blowing
- ΡΙΠΙΖΩ — to fan, to blow, to stir up, to toss, to waver
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