ἘΞΕΙΛΚΕΝ, ἐξειλκεν
EXEILKEN, exeilken
Sounds Like: ex-EEL-ken
Translations: drew out, dragged out, enticed, allured
From the root: ΕΞΕΛΚΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb, formed from the preposition ἐκ (ek), meaning 'out of' or 'from', and the verb ἕλκω (helkō), meaning 'to draw' or 'to drag'. Therefore, it literally means 'to draw out' or 'to drag out'. In a figurative sense, it can also mean 'to entice' or 'to allure', suggesting being drawn away from a path or principle. It describes an action of pulling something or someone from one place to another, either physically or metaphorically.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Indicative, 3rd Person, Singular
Strong’s number: G1828 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 8 — 2:47
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΞΕΛΚΩ.
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.
- ἘΞΕΛΚΟΜΕΝΟΣ — drawn away, being drawn away, lured away, enticed, being enticed
- ἘΞΕΛΚΥΣΕΙ — will drag out, will draw out, will entice, will lure
- ἘΞΕΛΚΥΣΗΣ — you may drag out, you may draw out, you may entice, you may lure
- ΕΞΕΛΚΟΜΕΝΟΣ — being drawn out, being enticed, being lured away
- ΕΞΕΛΚΥΣΕΙ — he will drag out, he will draw out, he will entice, he will lure away
- ΕΞΕΛΚΥΣΗΣ — enticement, a drawing out, a luring forth
- ΕΞΕΛΚΩ — to drag out, to draw out, to entice, to lure away, to lead astray
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