ἘΩΚΕΣΑΝ, ἐωκεσαν
EŌKESAN, eōkesan
Sounds Like: eh-OH-keh-san
Translations: they were like, they resembled, they seemed, they were fitting
From the root: ΕΟΙΚΑ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a verb form indicating that a group of people or things 'were like' something, 'resembled' something, 'seemed' a certain way, or 'were fitting'. It describes a state of being similar or appearing in a particular manner.
Inflection: Third Person Plural, Pluperfect Indicative, Active Voice
Strong’s number: G1504 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 18 — 5:118
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΟΙΚΑ.
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.
- ἈΠΕΟΙΚΥΙΑΝ — resembling, like, similar to, a resembling, a like, a similar to
- ΑΠΕΟΙΚΥΙΑΝ — unfitting, unsuitable, unseemly, improper, unlike, dissimilar
- ἘΟΙΚΑΣ — you seem, you appear, you are like, you resemble
- ἘΟΙΚΑΣΙΝ — they are like, they seem, they resemble, they appear
- ἘΟΙΚΑΤΕ — you are like, you resemble, you seem, you appear
- ἘΟΙΚΕ — it is like, it seems, it resembles, it is fitting
- ἘΟΙΚΕΝ — it seems, it is like, it resembles, it is fitting, it is proper
- ἘΟΙΚΟΤΑ — like, resembling, similar, fitting, suitable, proper, reasonable, probable, a like thing, a similar thing
- ἘΟΙΚΟΤΩΝ — of those who are like, of those who resemble, of those who seem, of those who are fitting
- ἘΟΙΚΥΙΑ — like, resembling, similar, a likeness, a resemblance
- ἘΟΙΚΥΙΑΣ — resembling, like, similar to, appearing, seeming
- ἘΩΚΕΙ — it seemed, it appeared, it was like, it resembled
- ΕΙΚΟΤΑ — fitting, suitable, reasonable, probable, likely, appropriate, becoming, reasonable things, probable things
- ΕΟΙΚΑ — I am like, I resemble, I seem, it is fitting, it is proper
- ΠΡΟΣΕΟΙΚΕΝΑΙ — to be like, to resemble, to be similar, to be fitting
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