ΕΓΚΛΙΝΩ, εγκλινω
EGKLINŌ, egklinō
Sounds Like: eng-KLEE-noh
Translations: to incline, to turn aside, to turn away, to bend, to lean, to yield, to give way
From the root: ΕΓΚΛΙΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb means to incline, turn aside, or bend. It can be used literally to describe physical movement, such as bending or leaning, or metaphorically to mean turning away from something, yielding, or giving way. In the provided context, it likely refers to a voice turning aside or becoming plaintive.
Inflection: Present, Active, Indicative, First Person Singular
Strong’s number: G1766 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
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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, ΕΓΚΛΙΝΩ.
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.
- ἘΓΚΛΙΘΕΙΣ — having leaned, having reclined, having turned aside, having bent, having inclined
- ἘΓΚΛΙΝΑΝΤΕΣ — having turned aside, having leaned, having inclined, having yielded, having given way
- ἘΓΚΛΙΝΑΝΤΩΝ — of those who turned aside, of those who yielded, of those who inclined, of those who leaned, of those who gave way
- ἘΓΚΛΙΝΟΝΤΟΣ — (of) inclining, (of) turning aside, (of) yielding, (of) giving way
- ἘΓΚΛΙΝΟΥΣΙΝ — they lean, they incline, they turn aside, they bend, they yield, they give way
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