ἘΣΦΙΓΧΘΑΙ, ἐσφιγχθαι
ESPHIGCHTHAI, esphigchthai
Sounds Like: es-FINGKH-thai
Translations: to be bound, to be tightened, to be compressed, to be constricted
From the root: ΣΦΙΓΓΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is the perfect infinitive passive form of the verb σφίγγω. It describes an action that has been completed and whose result is ongoing, indicating a state of being bound, tightened, or constricted. It is used to express the purpose or result of an action, often in a dependent clause.
Inflection: Perfect, Infinitive, Passive
Strong’s number: G4729 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:65
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΦΙΓΓΩ.
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.
- ἘΣΦΙΓΞΑΝ — they bound, they tightened, they compressed, they constricted
- ΣΦΙΓΓ — to bind tightly, to tighten, to compress, to constrict, to press together, to be constricted, to be bound, to be pressed
- ΣΦΙΓΓΕΤΑΙ — is bound, is constrained, is tightened, is pressed, is compressed
- ΣΦΙΓΜΕΝΟΙ — bound, fastened, compressed, tightened, constricted, girded, drawn tight
- ΣΦΙΓΧΘΑΙ — to be bound, to be tightened, to be choked, to be compressed, to be constricted
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