ἘΠΑΧΥΝΘΗ, ἐπαχυνθη
EPACHYNTHĒ, epachynthē
Sounds Like: eh-pa-KHOON-thay
Translations: grew fat, became dull, became calloused, became hardened
From the root: ΠΑΧΥΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb describes the process of becoming thick, fat, or dull. It can be used literally to refer to a physical increase in size or weight, such as growing fat. Metaphorically, it is often used to describe the hardening or dulling of one's heart, mind, or senses, implying a lack of spiritual perception or responsiveness. It suggests a state of insensitivity or spiritual blindness.
Inflection: Aorist, Passive, Indicative, 3rd Person Singular
Strong’s number: G3975 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Rome
- Clement’s First Letter — 3:1
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 20:1
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΑΧΥΝΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΑΧΝΩΘΗ — was made thick, was made dull, was made fat, was made gross
- ἘΠΑΧΥΝΕΝ — made thick, fattened, hardened, grew dull, became dull
- ΕΠΑΧΥΝΕΝ — he has made dull, he has made insensitive, he has made thick, he has fattened
- ΕΠΑΧΥΝΘΗ — was made dull, became dull, was made fat, became fat, was made gross, became gross
- ΠΑΧΥΝΘΗ — was made thick, became thick, grew fat, became dull, was dulled
- ΠΑΧΥΝΩ — to make fat, to make thick, to make dull, to make insensitive, to become dull, to become insensitive
- ΠΕΠΑΧΥΤΑΙ — has become dull, has become hardened, has become fat, has become gross
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