ΕΛΙΣΣΟΜΕΝΟΣ, ελισσομενος
ELISSOMENOS, elissomenos
Sounds Like: eh-LISS-so-meh-nos
Translations: rolling up, being rolled up, winding, being wound, folding, being folded
From the root: ΕΛΙΣΣΩ
Part of Speech: Verb (Participle)
Explanation: This word is a present middle/passive participle of the verb 'helisso' (or 'eilissō'), meaning 'to roll up' or 'to wind'. As a participle, it describes an action that is ongoing or in progress, functioning like an adjective or adverb. In the middle voice, it implies the subject is performing the action on itself or for its own benefit (e.g., 'rolling itself up'). In the passive voice, it means the subject is receiving the action (e.g., 'being rolled up'). It is often used to describe the rolling up of a scroll, a garment, or the heavens.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine, Present, Middle or Passive, Participle
Strong’s number: G1667 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Revelation — 6:14
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΛΙΣΣΩ.
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.
- ἘΛΙΣΣΟΜΕΝΗΣ — of rolling up, of winding, of turning, of revolving
- ΕΛΙΓΗΣΕΤΑΙ — will be rolled up, will be folded up
- ΕΛΙΓΩ — I will wrap, I will roll up, I will fold up, I will coil
- ΕΛΙΚ — spiral, winding, a spiral, a winding
- ΕΛΙΚΤΑ — rolled, rolled up, folded, twisted, a rolled offering
- ΕΛΙΞ — you will roll up, you will fold up, you will wrap up, you will coil up
- ΕΛΙΞΑΝ — licked up, devoured
- ΕΛΙΞΕΙΣ — you will roll up, you will fold up, you will wrap up
- ΕΛΙΣΣΟΜΕΝΟΝ — rolling up, being rolled up, being folded up
- ΕΛΙΣΣΩ — to roll, to wrap, to coil, to fold up, to turn
- ΕΛΙΧΘΕΙΗ — it might be entangled, it might be coiled, it might be wrapped, it might be twisted
- ΕΛΙΧΘΙΗ — to be rolled up, to be wrapped up, to be entangled
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