ἘΝΕΓΓΥΗΣΑ, ἐνεγγυησα
ENEGGYĒSA, eneggyēsa
Sounds Like: en-ghee-EH-sa
Translations: I gave security, I pledged, I guaranteed, I became surety
From the root: ἘΓΓΥΆΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the first person singular aorist active indicative form of the verb 'engyaō'. It means to give security, to pledge, or to guarantee something. It describes an action completed in the past by the speaker, indicating that they personally provided a guarantee or became surety for someone or something.
Inflection: First Person, Singular, Aorist, Active, Indicative
Strong’s number: G1458 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 26:4
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΓΓΥΆΩ.
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.
- ἘΓΓΕΓΥΗΤΟ — was betrothed, had been pledged, had been guaranteed
- ἘΓΓΥΑΣΘΑΙ — to give security, to guarantee, to pledge, to become surety for
- ἘΓΓΥΗΘΕΙΣΗΣ — having been pledged, having been guaranteed, having been betrothed, having been given in marriage
- ἘΓΓΥΗΣΟΜΕΝΟΥΣ — about to guarantee, about to pledge, about to give security, about to become surety
- ἘΓΓΥΩΜΕΝΗ — pledging, guaranteeing, becoming surety, a pledging one, a guaranteeing one
- ἘΓΓΥΩΜΕΝΟΥ — guaranteeing, pledging, becoming surety, giving security
- ἘΝΕΓΥΗΣΩ — I will guarantee, I will become surety for, I will pledge, I will give security
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