ἘΠΙΚΤΙΣΑΣ, ἐπικτισας
EPIKTISAS, epiktisas
Sounds Like: eh-pik-TEE-sas
Translations: having built upon, having founded, having established
From the root: ἘΠΙΚΤΙΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word is an aorist active participle, masculine, singular, nominative, derived from the verb ἐπικτίζω. It means 'having built upon' or 'having founded'. It describes an action completed in the past, often indicating that something was built or established in addition to or on top of something else. It functions like an adjective, modifying a noun and indicating that the noun performed the action of building or founding.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Participle, Masculine, Singular, Nominative
Strong’s number: G1943 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 18 — 2:36
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