ἘΣΦΗΝΩΜΕΝΑΙ, ἐσφηνωμεναι
ESPHĒNŌMENAI, esphēnōmenai
Sounds Like: ess-fay-NO-meh-nye
Translations: wedged in, fastened, secured
From the root: ΣΦΗΝΟΩ
Part of Speech: Participle, Adjective
Explanation: This word is a perfect passive participle, meaning 'having been wedged in' or 'having been fastened'. It describes something that has been firmly fixed or secured, often by being driven into a tight space. It functions adjectivally, describing a noun.
Inflection: Perfect, Passive, Participle, Feminine, Nominative, Plural
Strong’s number: G5302 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Judges — 3:24
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΦΗΝΟΩ.
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.
- ἘΣΦΗΝΩΣΕΝ — he wedged in, he fastened, he fixed, he secured
- ΣΦΗΝΟΥΣΘΩ — let it be wedged, let it be fastened, let it be jammed, let it be fixed
- ΣΦΗΝΟΥΣΘΩΣΑ — let them be wedged, let them be driven in, let them be fixed, let them be fastened
- ΣΦΗΝΟΥΣΘΩΣΑΝ — let them be wedged, let them be fixed, let them be fastened, let them be driven in
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