ἘΠΙΣΠΑΣΘΑΙ, ἐπισπασθαι
EPISPASTHAI, epispasthai
Sounds Like: eh-pee-SPAS-thai
Translations: to draw back, to pull back, to retract
From the root: ἘΠΙΣΠΆΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is an infinitive form of the verb meaning 'to draw back' or 'to pull back'. It is often used in a physical or medical context, such as retracting something. It describes the action of pulling something away from its current position.
Inflection: Aorist, Infinitive, Middle Voice
Strong’s number: G1986 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 10 — 11:268
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 1 Maccabees — 14:1
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΠΙΣΠΆΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΙΣΠΑΣΑΜΕΝΟΙ — having drawn, having pulled, having dragged, having pulled back, having drawn upon
- ἘΠΙΣΠΩΜΕΝΟΙ — drawing, pulling, attracting, bringing upon oneself
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