ἘΧΡΗΖΕΝΦΥΓΗΣ, ἐχρηζενφυγης
ECHRĒZENPHYGĒS, echrēzenphygēs
Sounds Like: ekh-RAY-zen-foo-GAYS
Translations: he/she/it was needing flight, he/she/it was wanting escape, he/she/it needed to flee, he/she/it wanted to escape
From the root: ΧΡῊΖΩ, ΦΥΓΉ
Part of Speech: Verb, Noun
Explanation: This is a compound word formed from the verb 'χρῄζω' (chrēizō), meaning 'to need' or 'to want', and the noun 'φυγή' (phygē), meaning 'flight' or 'escape'. The combined word means 'he/she/it was needing flight' or 'he/she/it wanted to escape'. It describes a situation where someone had a strong desire or necessity to flee.
Inflection: Third Person Singular, Imperfect Indicative Active (for the verb part); Singular, Genitive, Feminine (for the noun part)
Strong’s numbers: G5535 (Lookup on BibleHub), G5437 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 16:2
From the same root
No other words from the same root, ΧΡῊΖΩ, ΦΥΓΉ, appear in our texts.
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