ΕἸΣΒΑΛΕΙΝ, εἰσβαλειν
EISBALEIN, eisbalein
Sounds Like: eis-BAL-ein
Translations: to throw into, to cast into, to invade, to enter, to attack, to rush in
From the root: ΕἸΣΒΆΛΛΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from the preposition ΕἸΣ (into, to) and the verb ΒΆΛΛΩ (to throw, to cast). It generally means to throw or cast something into a place, or to enter a place, often with force or aggression. It can be used in contexts of military invasion or simply entering a location.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G1544 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 2 Maccabees — 13:13
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕἸΣΒΆΛΛΩ.
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.
- ΕἸΣΒΑΛΟΝΤΙ — (to) one who has thrown in, (to) one who has cast in, (to) one who has invaded, (to) one who has broken in, (to) one who has entered
- ΕἸΣΒΕΒΛΗΚΟΤΩΝ — of those who have thrown into, of those who have cast into, of those who have invaded, of those who have entered, of those who have attacked
- ΕἸΣΕΒΑΛΛΕΤΟ — was cast, was thrown, was laid, was invaded, was attacked, was put
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