ἘΞΟΤΡΥΝΕΙΝ, ἐξοτρυνειν
EXOTRYNEIN, exotrynein
Sounds Like: eks-o-TROO-nayn
Translations: to urge on, to incite, to encourage, to stir up
From the root: ΕΞΟΤΡΥΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the preposition ἐκ (ek, meaning 'out of' or 'from') and the verb ὀτρύνω (otryno, meaning 'to urge' or 'to stir up'). It means to strongly urge someone to do something, to incite them, or to encourage them to action. It implies a strong push or motivation from an external source.
Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G1894 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 18 — 6:172
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΞΟΤΡΥΝΩ.
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.
- ἘΞΩΤΡΥΝΟΝ — they were urging on, they were inciting, they were encouraging
- ΕΞΟΤΡΥΝΩ — to incite, to urge on, to stir up, to encourage
This concordance database is in beta
That means it's an unfinished preview of what we're building and is still being refined and corrected. It was initially generated from Google Gemini 2.5. It will be edited and corrected over time, with additional information added as we go.
It is your responsibility to double-check anything important.
Please report any errors or important missing information.