ἘΝΔΕΕΙΣ, ἐνδεεις
ENDEEIS, endeeis
Sounds Like: en-DEH-ees
Translations: needy, poor, lacking, deficient, in want
From the root: ἘΝΔΕΗΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes someone or something that is in need, lacking, or deficient in some way. It is often used to refer to those who are poor or destitute, but can also describe a general state of insufficiency. For example, it might be used to say 'the poor' or 'those who are lacking'.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Accusative, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G1759 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 2:104
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Justin Martyr
- Second Apology of Justin Martyr — 0:4
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments
- Mandate 8 — 1:10
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΝΔΕΗΣ.
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.
- ἘΝΔΕΕΙ — lacking, in need, deficient, poor, needy
- ἘΝΔΕΕΣ — lacking, deficient, in need, needy, poor, a needy one, a poor one
- ἘΝΔΕΕΣΙ — (to) those lacking, (to) the needy, (to) the deficient
- ἘΝΔΕΕΣΤΕΡΟΝ — more lacking, more deficient, more needy, more inferior, a more lacking thing
- ἘΝΔΕΕΣΤΕΡΟΥΣ — more deficient, more lacking, more needy, more wanting
- ἘΝΔΕΗΣ — lacking, needy, deficient, in want of, poor, destitute
- ἘΝΔΕΟΥΣ — of needy, of poor, of deficient, of lacking
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