ἘΝΚΙΣΣΗΣΑΙ, ἐνκισσησαι
ENKISSĒSAI, enkissēsai
Sounds Like: eng-kis-SAY-sai
Translations: to conceive, to become pregnant
From the root: ΕΓΚΙΣΣΑΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning 'to conceive' or 'to become pregnant', specifically used in the context of animals. It describes the act of an animal becoming pregnant. It is a compound word formed from the prefix 'ἐν' (in) and 'κισσάω' (to crave, to have a longing), which is related to 'κισσός' (ivy), possibly due to the clinging nature of ivy or a craving associated with pregnancy.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G1454 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 30:41
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΓΚΙΣΣΑΩ.
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.
- ἘΓΚΙΣΣΗΣΑΙ — to impregnate, to cause to conceive, to cause to become pregnant
- ΕΝΚΙΣΣΗΣΩΣΙΝ — they may long for, they may crave, they may desire greatly, they may lust after
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