ἘΦΕΙΣΤΗΚΕΙΤΟΙΣ, ἐφειστηκειτοις
EPHEISTĒKEITOIS, epheistēkeitois
Sounds Like: ef-is-TEE-kee-toys
Translations: he had stood over, he had stood by, he had stood upon, he had set over, he had appointed over, he had attacked, he had come upon, he had assailed
From the root: ἘΦΙΣΤΗΜΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a form of the verb ἐφίστημι (ephistēmi), meaning 'to stand over, to stand by, to set over, to appoint, to attack, or to come upon.' It describes an action of being present, often with authority, hostility, or a specific purpose. It is a compound verb formed from ἐπί (epi, 'upon, over') and ἵστημι (histēmi, 'to stand'). The ending -κειτοις is highly unusual and suggests a potential misspelling or a very rare, perhaps non-standard, inflection. If it were a standard form, it would likely be a perfect middle/passive form, but the ending does not align with typical Koine Greek paradigms for a third person plural or dative plural participle. It is most likely a misspelling of a form like ἐφειστήκει (ephistēkei, 'he had stood over') or ἐφειστήκεισαν (ephistēkeisan, 'they had stood over'), possibly combined with a dative plural pronoun or article, such as τοῖς (tois, 'to them' or 'to the').
Inflection: Perfect, Middle/Passive, Third Person Singular (if -κει) or Third Person Plural (if -κεισαν), combined with a dative plural article/pronoun (τοῖς). The specific ending -κειτοις is anomalous and suggests a misspelling or a very unusual construction.
Strong’s number: G2186 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Unknown: Yes
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Seven — 3:16
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΦΙΣΤΗΜΙ.
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.
- ἘΠΕΣΤΗΣΑΝ — they stood over, they stood by, they came upon, they appeared, they attacked, they set over
- ἘΠΗΣΑΝ — they were upon, they stood upon, they came upon, they were set upon
- ἘΠΙΣΤΗΣΟΜΕΝ — we will set over, we will appoint, we will bring to bear, we will pay attention to, we will apply
- ἘΠΙΣΤΗΣΟΝΤΑΙ — they will stand over, they will be set over, they will be appointed, they will attend to, they will understand, they will know
- ἘΠΙΣΤΗΣΩ — I will set, I will stand over, I will bring upon, I will cause to stand, I will appoint, I will come upon, I will be present
- ἘΦΕΣΤΑΝΑΙ — to stand over, to stand by, to be present, to be at hand, to come upon, to set over, to appoint, to be in charge of
- ἘΦΕΣΤΟΣ — appointed, set over, in charge of, standing over, standing by, present
- ἘΦΕΣΤΩΣ — standing over, standing by, present, in charge of, overseeing, a person in charge, a supervisor
- ἘΦΕΣΤΩΣΗΣ — of standing over, of being present, of impending, of imminent
- ἘΦΙΣΤΑΣ — standing over, standing by, appearing, coming upon, being present, being set over
- ἘΦΙΣΤΑΣΘΑΙ — to stand over, to stand by, to come upon, to appear, to be present, to set over, to appoint
- ἘΦΙΣΤΑΣΙΝ — they stood over, they came upon, they appeared, they were present, they attacked
- ἘΦΙΣΤΗΚΕΙ — he had stood by, he had stood over, he had been present, he had appeared, he had come upon
- ἘΦΙΣΤΗΜΙ — to stand over, to stand by, to come upon, to appear, to be present, to set over, to appoint
- ἘΦΙΣΤΗΣΙΝ — he stands over, he sets over, he appoints, he brings upon, he comes upon, he stands by, he appears
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