ἘΠΙΚΕΙΜΕΝΟΥ, ἐπικειμενου
EPIKEIMENOU, epikeimenou
Sounds Like: eh-pee-KEE-meh-noo
Translations: (of) lying upon, (of) being laid upon, (of) being imposed upon, (of) pressing upon, (of) being urgent
From the root: ἘΠΙΚΕΙΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is a participle derived from the verb 'ἘΠΙΚΕΙΜΑΙ', meaning 'to lie upon' or 'to be laid upon'. It describes something that is resting on top of, pressing down on, or imposed upon something else. It can also refer to something that is urgent or pressing in a metaphorical sense. As a genitive participle, it often functions adjectivally or substantively, indicating possession or description, such as 'that which is lying upon' or 'of the one who is pressing'.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Masculine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G1945 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 17 — 4:66
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 3 Maccabees — 1:22
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Acts — 27:20
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΠΙΚΕΙΜΑΙ.
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.
- ἘΠΙΚΕΙΜΕΝΗ — lying upon, lying over, being laid upon, pressing upon, impending, a lying upon, a lying over, a being laid upon, a pressing upon, an impending
- ἘΠΙΚΕΙΜΕΝΩΝ — of those lying upon, of those pressing upon, of those impending, of impending things, of those being laid upon, of those being imposed
- ἘΠΙΚΕΙΣΟΜΕΝΩΝ — (of) those about to be laid upon, (of) those about to be imposed, (of) those about to press upon
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