2001 Translation

EKYEI, ekyei

Sounds Like: eh-KOO-eh

Translations: was pregnant, was with child, conceived, bore, was bearing

From the root: ΚΥΕΩ

Part of Speech: Verb

Explanation: This word describes the state of being pregnant or the act of conceiving or bearing a child. It is in the imperfect tense, indicating an ongoing or repeated action in the past, such as 'she was pregnant' or 'she was conceiving'. It is typically used in relation to a female person or animal.

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

Strong’s number: G2949 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 1 — 18:257
• Book 2 — 9:210

From the same root

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

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.

• ἘΚΥΟΜΕΝ — we conceived, we became pregnant, we brought forth, we were pregnant
• ΕΚΥΟΜΕΝ — we conceived, we became pregnant, we were pregnant
• ΚΥΕΩ — to be pregnant, to conceive, to become pregnant, to bring forth, to bear, to give birth
• ΚΥΟΥΣΗ — being pregnant, pregnant, conceiving

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