2001 Translation

EIKASAI, eikasai

Sounds Like: ee-KAH-sai

Translations: to liken, to compare, to infer, to conjecture, to guess, to imagine, to suppose

From the root: ΕΙΚΑΖΩ

Part of Speech: Verb

Explanation: This word is the aorist active infinitive form of the verb 'eikazō'. It means 'to liken', 'to compare', 'to infer', 'to conjecture', or 'to guess'. It describes the act of forming an opinion or conclusion based on incomplete information or probability, or the act of drawing a comparison between two things. It can be used in contexts where one is making an assumption or a reasoned guess.

Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive

Strong’s number: G1505 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Codex Sinaiticus

• Wisdom — 19:18

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
• ΕἸΚΑΣΕΙΕΝ — they might liken, they might compare, they might infer, they might conjecture, they might guess
• 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

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