ἘΣΚΗΠΤΟΜΗΝ, ἐσκηπτομην
ESKĒPTOMĒN, eskēptomēn
Sounds Like: es-KAYP-toh-mehn
Translations: I was leaning upon, I was resting upon, I was resorting to, I was pretending, I was feigning
From the root: ΣΚΗΠΤΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the first person singular imperfect middle/passive indicative form of the verb σκήπτω (skēptō). In the middle voice, it means to lean upon, to rest upon, or to resort to something for support or as an excuse. It can also mean to pretend or feign, often with the implication of using something as a pretext.
Inflection: First Person, Singular, Imperfect, Middle or Passive, Indicative
Strong’s number: G4624 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΚΗΠΤΩ.
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.
- ΑΠΕΣΚΗΨΕΝ — he/she/it fell, he/she/it struck, he/she/it leaned, he/she/it rested, he/she/it came down
- ΕΝΑΠΕΣΚΗΨΕ — fell upon, struck, burst upon, rushed upon, descended upon
- ΣΚΗΠΤΕΣΘΑΙ — to lean, to lean upon, to support oneself, to rest upon, to fall upon, to strike, to hurl
- ΣΚΗΠΤΕΤΑΙ — feigns, pretends, alleges, makes a pretext
- ΣΚΗΠΤΟΙΤΟ — he might lean, he might prop himself, he might fall, he might strike, he might rush, he might attack
- ΣΚΗΠΤΟΜΕΝΟΣ — leaning, propping, supporting, resting, relying, alleging, pretending
- ΣΚΗΠΤΟΝ — staff, a staff, scepter, a scepter, rod, a rod
- ΣΚΗΠΤΩ — to lean, to lean upon, to lean against, to fall, to fall upon, to strike, to strike upon
- ΣΚΗΨΑΜΕΝΟΣ — feigning, pretending, alleging, making a pretext, excusing oneself
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