ἘΠΑΝΕΙΧΟΝ, ἐπανειχον
EPANEICHON, epaneichon
Sounds Like: eh-pah-NEH-khon
Translations: they were holding back, they were restraining, they were delaying, they were applying, they were attending to
From the root: ἘΠΑΝΕΧΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from the prefixes ἐπί (epi, 'upon, over') and ἀνά (ana, 'up, back') combined with the verb ἔχω (echō, 'to have, hold'). In the imperfect tense, it describes an ongoing or repeated action in the past. It can mean to hold back, restrain, delay, or to apply oneself to something, or to attend to something. The specific meaning often depends on the context and the case of the object it takes.
Inflection: Third Person Plural, Imperfect Indicative, Active Voice
Strong’s number: G1815 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Six — 1:80
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΠΑΝΕΧΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΑΝΕΙΧΕΝ — he was holding back, he was restraining, he was checking, he was holding up, he was applying, he was directing
- ἘΠΑΝΕΧΟΝΤΑ — holding up, holding back, enduring, bearing with, continuing, applying oneself
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