ἘΞΕΚΛΕΙΣΑΝ, ἐξεκλεισαν
EXEKLEISAN, exekleisan
Sounds Like: ex-EK-kly-san
Translations: they shut out, they excluded, they closed out
From the root: ΕΚΚΛΕΙΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a verb in the third person plural, aorist active indicative. It means 'they shut out' or 'they excluded'. It describes an action of closing something off or preventing someone from entering or participating. It is a compound word formed from the preposition 'ἐκ' (out of) and the verb 'κλείω' (to shut, close).
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Indicative, 3rd Person, Plural
Strong’s number: G1628 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 17:21
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΚΚΛΕΙΩ.
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.
- ἘΚΚΛΕΙΣΑΙ — to shut out, to exclude, to lock out, to close up
- ἘΚΚΛΕΙΣΘΗΣΗ — you will be shut out, you will be excluded, you will be debarred
- ἘΚΛΕΙΣΑΝ — they shut out, they excluded, they closed out
- ἘΞΕΚΛΕΙΣΕ — shut out, excluded, closed off, locked out
- ἘΞΕΚΛΕΙΣΘΗ — was excluded, was shut out, was barred
- ΕΚΚΛΕΙΣΘΗΝΑΙ — to be shut out, to be excluded, to be locked out
- ΕΚΚΛΕΙΩ — to shut out, to exclude, to prevent, to hinder
- ΕΚΛΕΙΣΑΝ — they shut out, they closed, they excluded, they shut up, they confined
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