ἘΝΕΣΧΗΜΕΝΟΙ, ἐνεσχημενοι
ENESCHĒMENOI, eneschēmenoi
Sounds Like: en-es-KHEE-meh-noy
Translations: held, entangled, caught, involved, ensnared, held fast, bound
From the root: ΕΝΕΧΩ
Part of Speech: Participle, Adjective
Explanation: This word is a perfect passive participle, meaning 'having been held' or 'having been entangled'. It describes someone or something that has been caught, ensnared, or held fast, often in a negative sense, implying being bound by something or involved in a difficult situation. It can be used to describe people who are caught in a trap, entangled in a legal matter, or bound by a debt.
Inflection: Perfect, Passive, Participle, Nominative, Plural, Masculine
Strong’s number: G1758 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 2:39
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΝΕΧΩ.
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.
- ἘΝΕΙΧΕΝ — was hostile, had a grudge, was angry, held fast, was entangled, was caught
- ἘΝΕΣΧΗΤΑΙ — is held, has been held, is entangled, has been entangled, is involved, has been involved
- ἘΝΕΧΕΙ — hold in, hold fast, be entangled, be urgent, bear a grudge, be hostile
- ἘΝΕΧΕΙΝ — to hold in, to be angry with, to be hostile towards, to press hard, to ensnare
- ἘΝΕΧΕΣΘΑΙ — to be held, to be entangled, to be caught, to be held fast, to be subject to, to be liable to
- ἘΝΕΧΕΣΘΕ — be entangled, be held, be caught, be subject, be involved
- ἘΝΕΧΟΜΕΝΩΝ — being held, being entangled, being caught, being subject, being indebted, being involved
- ΕΝΕΙΧΕΝ — was set against, had a grudge against, was hostile to, was enraged at, was incensed at
- ΕΝΕΧΕΣΘΕ — you are held, you are entangled, you are caught, you are restrained, you are subject, you are indebted
- ΕΝΕΧΙΝ — to hold a grudge, to be enraged, to be incensed, to be hostile, to be set against, to be entangled, to be held, to be caught
- ΕΝΕΧΩ — to hold in, to hold fast, to hold a grudge against, to be entangled in, to be subject to, to be liable to
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