ΕΓΚΑΘΕΙΡΞΑΙ, εγκαθειρξαι
EGKATHEIRXAI, egkatheirxai
Sounds Like: eng-ka-thire-XAI
Translations: to imprison, to shut in, to confine
From the root: ΕΓΚΑΘΕΙΡΓΝΥΜΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is an aorist active infinitive form of the verb 'egkatheirgnymi', meaning 'to imprison' or 'to shut in'. It describes the action of confining someone or something within a space. As an infinitive, it often functions like a verbal noun or expresses purpose, similar to 'to imprison' in English.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G1489 (Lookup on BibleHub)
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΓΚΑΘΕΙΡΓΝΥΜΙ.
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.
- ἘΓΚΑΘΕΙΡΓΜΕΝΟΥΣ — imprisoned, confined, shut in, incarcerated
- ἘΓΚΑΘΕΙΡΞΑΣ — having imprisoned, having shut in, having confined
- ΕΓΚΑΘΕΙΡΓΜΕΝΟΥΣ — imprisoned, confined, shut up
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