ΕΓΚΕΙΜΑΙ, εγκειμαι
EGKEIMAI, egkeimai
Sounds Like: eng-KEE-mahy
Translations: to lie in, to press upon, to be urgent, to be instant, to be insistent
From the root: ΕΓΚΕΙΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb means to lie in or to be pressed upon, often implying a sense of urgency, insistence, or being burdened by something. It can describe a physical pressure or a metaphorical one, such as being insistent in a request or urgent in a matter. It is typically used in the middle or passive voice.
Inflection: Present, Middle/Passive, Indicative, 1st 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, ΕΓΚΕΙΜΑΙ.
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.
- ἘΓΚΕΙΜΕΝΗΣ — of pressing upon, of insisting, of lying in, of being laid upon
- ἘΓΚΕΙΜΕΝΟΙ — lying in, pressing upon, urgent, insistent, a pressing upon, an insistence
- ἘΓΚΕΙΜΕΝΟΣ — lying in, pressing upon, urgent, pressing, a pressing, an urgent
- ἘΓΚΕΙΜΕΝΟΥ — of lying in, of being pressed upon, of being urgent, of being insistent, of being present
- ἘΓΚΕΙΜΕΝΩ — (to) one pressing upon, (to) one lying upon, (to) one urging, (to) one insisting, (to) one being urgent
- ἘΓΚΕΙΜΕΝΩΝ — pressing upon, lying in, lying on, urging, insisting, being urgent, being laid upon
- ἘΝΕΚΕΙΤΟ — was lying, was laid, was pressing, was urgent, was insistent, was devoted
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