ΕΓΚΑΤΑΛΑΜΒΑΝΩ, εγκαταλαμβανω
EGKATALAMBANŌ, egkatalambanō
Sounds Like: eng-ka-ta-lam-BAH-no
Translations: to leave behind, to forsake, to abandon, to desert
From the root: ΕΓΚΑΤΑΛΑΜΒΑΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb means to leave someone or something behind, to abandon, or to desert. It implies a complete giving up or leaving in a state of helplessness. It is a compound word formed from 'εν' (in, among), 'κατα' (down, against), and 'λαμβανω' (to take, to seize).
Inflection: Present, Active, Indicative, First Person Singular
Strong’s number: G1459 (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, ΕΓΚΑΤΑΛΑΜΒΑΝΩ.
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.
- ἘΓΚΑΤΕΙΛΗΜΜΕΝΑ — taken, caught, seized, apprehended, included, comprised
- ἘΓΚΑΤΕΛΑΒΟΝ — they seized, they took possession of, they occupied, they overtook
- ΕΓΚΑΤΕΙΛΗΜΜΕΝΑ — caught, taken, apprehended, seized, entrapped
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