ἘΠΙΕΣΑΝ, ἐπιεσαν
EPIESAN, epiesan
Sounds Like: eh-pee-EH-san
Translations: they pressed, they weighed down, they oppressed, they bore down, they crowded
From the root: ΠΙΕΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning to press upon, weigh down, or oppress. It describes an action of applying force or pressure, either literally or figuratively, such as to crowd someone or to burden them with difficulties. It is often used to convey a sense of being overwhelmed or constrained.
Inflection: Aorist, Indicative, Active, Third Person, Plural
Strong’s number: G1909 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 17 — 2:28
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΙΕΖΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΕΣΑΣΣΕΤΟ — he was pressing, he was oppressing, he was burdening, he was weighing down
- ΕΚΠΕΠΙΕΣΜΕΝΗΝ — having been pressed out, having been squeezed out, having been drained
- ΕΠΙΕΣΑΝ — they pressed, they oppressed, they crowded, they crushed
- ΠΕΠΙΕΣΜΕΝΟΝ — pressed down, pressed together, heaped up, a pressed down thing
- ΠΙΕΖΟΜΕΝΟΙ — being pressed, being oppressed, being afflicted, being burdened
- ΠΙΕΖΟΜΕΝΟΝ — being pressed, being oppressed, being burdened, being crushed, being weighed down
- ΠΙΕΖΟΥΝΤΟΣ — of pressing, of being pressed, of oppressing, of being oppressed, of afflicting, of being afflicted
- ΠΙΕΖΩ — to press, to oppress, to weigh down, to crowd, to throng
- ΠΙΕΣΕ — you will press, you will squeeze, you will oppress
- ΠΙΕΣΕΙΣ — you will press, you will oppress, you will crush
- ΠΙΕΣΘΑΙ — to be pressed, to be oppressed, to be crushed, to be burdened
- ΠΙΕΣΤΕΥΣΑΝΤΕΣ — having pressed, having oppressed, having burdened, having constrained
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