ΕἸΚΑΣΕΙΕΝ, εἰκασειεν
EIKASEIEN, eikaseien
Sounds Like: ee-KAH-see-en
Translations: they might liken, they might compare, they might infer, they might conjecture, they might guess
From the root: ΕΙΚΑΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning 'to liken, compare, infer, conjecture, or guess'. It describes the action of forming an opinion or conclusion based on incomplete information or by drawing comparisons. It would be used in a sentence to express a hypothetical or potential action of guessing or inferring something.
Inflection: Third Person Plural, Aorist, Optative, Active
Strong’s number: G1507 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 7:154
Mathetes
- Letter to Diognetus — 7:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΙΚΑΖΩ.
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.
- ΕἸΚΑΖΕΤΑΙ — it is conjectured, it is supposed, it is inferred, it is likely, it is probable
- ΕἸΚΑΖΕΤΟ — it was guessed, it was conjectured, it was supposed, it was likened, it was compared
- ΕἸΚΑΖΟΜΕΝ — we guess, we conjecture, we suppose, we imagine
- ΕἸΚΑΖΟΝ — they were guessing, they were conjecturing, they were inferring, they were supposing, they were comparing, they were likening
- ΕἸΚΑΖΩΝ — likening, comparing, inferring, conjecturing, guessing, supposing, imagining, a likening, a comparing, an inferring, a conjecturing, a guessing, a supposing, an imagining
- ΕἸΚΑΣΑΙ — to guess, to conjecture, to infer, to liken, to compare
- ΕἸΚΑΣΑΝΤΕΣ — having supposed, having conjectured, having imagined, having likened, having compared
- ΕἸΚΑΣΑΣ — having supposed, having conjectured, having imagined, having inferred, having likened
- ΕἸΚΑΣΑΤΕ — imagine, suppose, guess, infer, liken, compare
- ΕἸΚΑΣΕΝ — he conjectured, he surmised, he guessed, he inferred, he imagined, he likened, he compared
- ΕἸΚΑΣΘΕΝ — likened, compared, made like, resembled
- ΕἸΚΑΣΘΕΝΤΑ — likened, compared, made like, things likened, those likened
- ΕἸΚΑΣΘΗ — be likened, be compared, be made like, be imagined
- ΕΙΚΑΖΕΙ — he/she/it infers, he/she/it conjectures, he/she/it guesses, he/she/it surmises, he/she/it likens, he/she/it compares
- ΕΙΚΑΖΟΜΕΝ — we imagine, we conjecture, we infer, we suppose, we liken, we compare
- ΕΙΚΑΖΩ — to guess, to conjecture, to infer, to liken, to compare
- ΕΙΚΑΙΩ — to guess, to conjecture, to infer, to surmise, to liken, to compare, to imagine
- ΕΙΚΑΣΑΙ — to liken, to compare, to infer, to conjecture, to guess, to imagine, to suppose
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