ΕΓΛΥΚΑΝΘΗ, εγλυκανθη
EGLYKANTHĒ, eglykanthē
Sounds Like: eg-ly-KAN-thee
Translations: was made sweet, became sweet, was sweetened, became sweetened
From the root: ΓΛΥΚΑΙΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the aorist passive indicative, third person singular form of the verb 'glykainō'. It means 'to be made sweet' or 'to become sweet'. It describes something that underwent a process of becoming sweet or having sweetness imparted to it. It is often used in contexts where something bitter or unpleasant is transformed into something pleasant or palatable.
Inflection: Aorist, Indicative, Passive, Third Person, Singular
Strong’s number: G1090 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Sirach — 38:5
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΓΛΥΚΑΙΝΩ.
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.
- ΓΛΥΚΑΙΝΕΙ — sweetens, makes sweet, to sweeten, to make sweet
- ΓΛΥΚΑΙΝΕΙΝ — to sweeten, to make sweet, to make pleasant
- ΓΛΥΚΑΙΝΩ — to sweeten, to make sweet
- ΓΛΥΚΑΝΕΙ — he sweetens, he makes sweet, he makes pleasant, he flatters, he makes agreeable
- ΓΛΥΚΑΝΘΗ — to be sweetened, to become sweet
- ΓΛΥΚΑΝΘΗΣΕΤΑΙ — will be sweetened, will become sweet
- ἘΓΛΥΚΑΝΑΣ — you sweetened, you made sweet
- ἘΓΛΥΚΑΝΘΗ — was made sweet, became sweet, was sweetened
- ἘΓΛΥΚΑΝΘΗΣΑΝ — they were sweetened, they became sweet, they were made sweet
- ΕΓΛΥΚΑΝΑΣ — you sweetened, you made sweet
- ΕΓΛΥΚΑΝΘΗΣΑΝ — they were sweetened, they became sweet
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