ἘΠΕΚΛΥΖΕΤΗΝ, ἐπεκλυζετην
EPEKLYZETĒN, epeklyzetēn
Sounds Like: eh-peh-KLY-zeh-tayn
Translations: they were overflowing, they were being flooded, they were inundating, they were being inundated
From the root: ΚΛΥΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a verb form meaning 'they were overflowing' or 'they were being flooded/inundated'. It describes two subjects (dual number) in the past (imperfect tense) performing the action on themselves or experiencing the action (middle/passive voice). It is used to describe a situation where something, like water, is rising and covering an area, or when two things are being overwhelmed.
Inflection: Imperfect, Middle or Passive, Dual, 3rd Person
Strong’s number: G2857 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 1:72
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΛΥΖΩ.
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.
- ἈΝΕΠΙΚΛΥΣΤΟΝ — unflooded, not overflowed, not inundated, not submerged
- ἘΠΙΚΛΥΣΘΗΝΑΙ — to be flooded, to be overwhelmed, to be inundated, to be submerged
- ΚΛΥΖΩ — to wash, to flood, to overflow, to inundate
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