ΕΚΝΗΨΕΙ, εκνηψει
EKNĒPSEI, eknēpsei
Sounds Like: ek-NEE-psay
Translations: will awake, will come to one's senses, will sober up, will return to soberness
From the root: ΕΚΝΗΦΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from 'εκ' (out of, from) and 'νηφω' (to be sober, to be temperate). It describes the act of waking up or coming out of a state of spiritual or mental stupor, often implying a return to a state of alertness, sobriety, or sound judgment. It can be used metaphorically for a spiritual awakening.
Inflection: Future Indicative, Active, Third Person Singular
Strong’s number: G1606 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Sirach — 31:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΚΝΗΦΩ.
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.
- ἘΚΝΗΨΑΤΕ — wake up, be sober, come to one's senses, become sober-minded
- ἘΚΝΗΨΕΙ — will awake, will sober up, will come to one's senses
- ἘΚΝΗΨΙΝ — soberness, a soberness, awakening, an awakening, coming to one's senses, a coming to one's senses
- ἘΚΝΗΨΟΝ — awake, sober up, come to your senses
- ἘΚΝΗΨΟΥΣΙΝ — they will sober up, they will come to their senses, they will awake, they will become sober-minded
- ἘΞΕΝΗΨΕ — sobered up, awoke from wine, came to senses, became sober
- ἘΞΕΝΗΨΕΝ — sobered up, became sober, awoke from drunkenness, came to one's senses
- ΕΚΝΗΦΩ — awake, come to one's senses, sober up, become sober-minded
- ΕΚΝΗΨΑΤΕ — wake up, be sober, come to your senses, become sober-minded
- ΕΚΝΗΨΕΙΝ — to come to one's senses, to become sober, to awake from a stupor, to be sober, to be watchful
- ΕΚΝΗΨΟΝ — awake, be sober, come to one's senses, sober up
- ΕΚΝΗΨΟΥΣΙΝ — they will sober up, they will return to soberness, they will come to their senses
- ΕΞΕΝΗΨΕ — sobered up, became sober, came to one's senses
- ΕΞΕΝΗΨΕΝ — sobered up, became sober, came to one's senses, awoke
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