ἘΤΕΚΤΑΙΝΟΝ, ἐτεκταινον
ETEKTAINON, etektainon
Sounds Like: eh-TEK-tai-non
Translations: they were building, they built, they were constructing, they constructed, they were framing, they framed
From the root: ΤΕΚΤΑΙΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the third person plural imperfect active indicative form of the verb 'τεκταίνω' (tektainō). It describes an ongoing or repeated action in the past, meaning 'they were building' or 'they were constructing'. It can also refer to a completed action in the past, 'they built' or 'they constructed'. The verb 'τεκταίνω' generally refers to the act of building, constructing, or framing something, often with skill, like a craftsman.
Inflection: Third Person, Plural, Imperfect, Active, Indicative
Strong’s number: G5079 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Psalms — 128:3
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΤΕΚΤΑΙΝΩ.
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.
- ἘΤΕΚΤΗΝΑΝΤΟ — they built, they constructed, they fabricated, they devised
- ἘΤΕΚΤΗΝΑΤΟ — he built, she built, it built, he constructed, she constructed, it constructed, he fashioned, she fashioned, it fashioned, he made, she made, it made
- ΤΑΙΝ — to make, to build, to devise, to contrive, to fabricate, to forge
- ΤΕΚΤΑΙΝΕΙ — builds, constructs, devises, plots, makes, fabricates
- ΤΕΚΤΑΙΝΕΤΑΙ — is built, is made, is devised, is contrived, builds, makes, devises, contrives
- ΤΕΚΤΑΙΝΟΜΕΝΗ — devising, fabricating, building, constructing, working, making
- ΤΕΚΤΑΙΝΟΜΕΝΟΣ — working, building, crafting, devising, making, a worker, a builder, a craftsman
- ΤΕΚΤΑΙΝΟΜΕΝΟΥ — (of) devising, (of) contriving, (of) fabricating, (of) building, (of) constructing
- ΤΕΚΤΑΙΝΟΝΤΕΣ — making, crafting, building, constructing, fabricating
- ΤΕΚΤΑΙΝΟΝΤΩΝ — building, constructing, making, crafting, working, devising
- ΤΕΚΤΑΙΝΟΥΣΙ — they build, they make, they fashion, they devise
- ΤΕΚΤΑΙΝΟΥΣΙΝ — they build, they make, they devise, they fashion
- ΤΕΚΤΑΙΝΩ — to build, to construct, to make, to devise
- ΤΕΚΤΕΝΕ — you devise, you plot, you contrive, you make, you build
- ΤΕΚΤΗΝ — to build, to construct, to make, to devise, to contrive
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