ἘΞΕΓΕΝΕΤΟ, ἐξεγενετο
EXEGENETO, exegeneto
Sounds Like: eks-EH-geh-neh-toh
Translations: it was possible, it was permitted, it happened, it came to pass, it resulted, it was born, it came out
From the root: ΕΚΓΙΝΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is an inflected form of the verb 'ἐκγίνομαι' (ekginomai), which is a compound verb formed from 'ἐκ' (out of) and 'γίνομαι' (to become, to be born, to happen). In this specific form, it means 'it was possible' or 'it happened'. It is often used impersonally to indicate that something was possible or permitted, or that an event occurred or resulted from something else.
Inflection: Third Person Singular, Aorist Indicative, Middle Voice
Strong’s number: G1898 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Unknown: Yes
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΚΓΙΝΟΜΑΙ.
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.
- ἘΞΕΓΕΓΟΝΕΙ — it had happened, it had come to pass, it had resulted, it had been possible
- ΕΞΕΓΕΓΟΝΕΙ — had come out, had been born, had resulted, had happened, had become
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