ἘΠΙΚΕΙΜΕΝΩΝ, ἐπικειμενων
EPIKEIMENŌN, epikeimenōn
Sounds Like: eh-pee-KEE-meh-nohn
Translations: of those lying upon, of those pressing upon, of those impending, of impending things, of those being laid upon, of those being imposed
From the root: ἘΠΙΚΕΙΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word is a present middle/passive participle, genitive plural, from the verb 'ἘΠΙΚΕΙΜΑΙ' (epikeimai). It describes something or someone that is lying upon, pressing upon, or impending. It can refer to a physical weight or pressure, or to something that is imminent or threatening, such as a burden, a task, or an enemy. In a sentence, it would function adjectivally or substantively, describing the nature of the genitive object.
Inflection: Present, Middle/Passive, Participle, Genitive, Plural, All genders
Strong’s number: G1945 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:101
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 1:23
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
- ἘΠΙΚΕΙΜΕΝΟΥ — (of) lying upon, (of) being laid upon, (of) being imposed upon, (of) pressing upon, (of) being urgent
- ἘΠΙΚΕΙΣΟΜΕΝΩΝ — (of) those about to be laid upon, (of) those about to be imposed, (of) those about to press upon
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