ἘΠΙΣΕΙΕΙΝ, ἐπισειειν
EPISEIEIN, episeiein
Sounds Like: ep-ee-SAY-ehn
Translations: to shake, to wave, to brandish, to incite, to stir up, to threaten
From the root: ΕΠΙΣΕΙΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from the preposition ἐπί (epi), meaning 'upon' or 'in addition to', and the verb σείω (seio), meaning 'to shake'. It generally means to shake something, often with the implication of threatening or inciting. It can be used to describe the act of waving a hand or brandishing a weapon, or metaphorically, to stir up trouble or threaten a situation.
Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G1902 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 17:8
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΙΣΕΙΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΙΣΕΙΣΑΙ — to shake, to wave, to motion, to beckon, to incite
- ἘΠΙΣΕΙΣΑΣ — having shaken, shaking, waving, having waved
- ἘΠΙΣΕΙΣΕΙΕΝ — to shake, to cause to shake, to move, to stir up, to incite
- ἘΠΙΣΕΣΕΙΚΩΣ — having shaken, having waved, having motioned, having given a sign
- ΕΠΙΣΕΙΕΙ — to shake, to wave, to brandish, to make a sign, to beckon
- ΕΠΙΣΕΙΕΙΝ — to shake, to wave, to make a sign, to beckon
- ΕΠΙΣΕΙΣ — to shake, to cause to shake, to move, to stir up, to agitate
- ΕΠΙΣΕΙΣΑΙ — to shake, to shake at, to shake off, to wave, to make a sign, to beckon
- ΕΠΙΣΕΙΩ — to shake, to wave, to brandish, to make a sign, to beckon
- ΕΠΙΣΕΣΕΙΚΩΣ — having shaken, having waved, having motioned, having nodded
This concordance database is in beta
That means it's an unfinished preview of what we're building and is still being refined and corrected. It was initially generated from Google Gemini 2.5. It will be edited and corrected over time, with additional information added as we go.
It is your responsibility to double-check anything important.
Please report any errors or important missing information.