ἘΝΕΚΑΛΛΩΠΙΖΕΤΟ, ἐνεκαλλωπιζετο
ENEKALLŌPIZETO, enekallōpizeto
Sounds Like: eh-neh-kal-loh-PIH-zeh-toh
Translations: was adorning oneself, was beautifying oneself, was priding oneself, was boasting
From the root: ΚΑΛΛΩΠΙΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the imperfect middle/passive indicative form of the verb 'καλλωπίζω'. It describes an action that was ongoing in the past, where the subject was adorning themselves, beautifying themselves, or taking pride in something. It can also mean to boast or show off. The verb is a compound of 'καλός' (beautiful) and 'ὤψ' (face), literally meaning 'to make beautiful the face' or 'to make oneself beautiful'.
Inflection: Imperfect, Indicative, Middle/Passive, 3rd Person, Singular
Strong’s number: G2572 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 18 — 3:73
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΛΛΩΠΙΖΩ.
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.
- ἘΚΑΛΛΩΠΙΣΑΤΟ — she adorned herself, she beautified herself, she made herself beautiful
- ΕΚΑΛΛΩΠΙΣΑΤΟ — she adorned herself, she beautified herself, she embellished herself
- ΚΑΛΛΩΠΙΖΩ — to adorn, to beautify, to make beautiful, to decorate, to embellish
- ΚΕΚΑΛΛΩΠΙΣΜΕΝΑ — adorned, beautified, decorated, embellished
- ΚΕΚΑΛΛΩΠΙΣΜΕΝΑΙ — adorned, beautified, decorated, embellished
- ΚΕΚΑΛΛΩΠΙΣΜΕΝΗ — adorned, beautified, decorated, made beautiful
- ΚΕΚΑΛΛΩΠΙΣΜΕΝΟΙ — adorned, beautified, decorated, embellished
- ΚΕΚΑΛΛΩΠΙΣΜΕΝΟΝ — adorned, beautified, decorated
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