ἘΠΥΚΝΩΣΑΝ, ἐπυκνωσαν
EPYKNŌSAN, epyknōsan
Sounds Like: ep-y-KNO-san
Translations: they thickened, they made dense, they made compact, they strengthened
From the root: ΠΥΚΝΟΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word means to make something thick, dense, or compact. It is often used in a military context to describe troops forming a tight, impenetrable line or phalanx. It can also refer to making something solid or firm.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Indicative, 3rd Person Plural
Strong’s number: G4436 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Six — 4:26
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΥΚΝΟΩ.
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.
- ΠΕΠΥΚΝΩΝΤΟ — had been made dense, had been thickened, had been crowded together, had been packed tightly
- ΠΥΚΝΩΣΑΝΤΕΣ — having thickened, having made dense, having crowded together, having compressed, having strengthened, having made firm
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