2001 Translation

EIRGETO, eirgeto

Sounds Like: EER-geh-toh

Translations: was shut in, was confined, was prevented, was hindered, was kept back

From the root: ΕἼΡΓΩ

Part of Speech: Verb

Explanation: This word is the imperfect passive indicative form of the verb ΕἼΡΓΩ, meaning 'to shut in, confine, or prevent'. It describes an action that was ongoing or repeated in the past, where the subject was being shut in, confined, or prevented from doing something. It is often used to describe a state of being restricted or hindered.

Inflection: Third Person Singular, Imperfect, Passive, Indicative

Strong’s number: G1719 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 9:1, 14:24

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕἼΡΓΩ.

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.

• ΕἸΡΓΟΝΤΟ — were being shut in, were being confined, were being kept back, were being prevented, were being hindered
• ΕἸΡΞΑΙ — to shut in, to restrain, to hinder, to prevent, to confine

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