ΕΝΣΚΗΠΤΕΙ, ενσκηπτει
ENSKĒPTEI, enskēptei
Sounds Like: en-SKEP-tee
Translations: to fall upon, to rush upon, to strike, to attack, to come upon
From the root: ΕΝΣΚΗΠΤΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes the action of something falling or rushing upon another, often with force or impact. It can imply an attack, a sudden onset, or a forceful descent. For example, it might be used to describe a storm falling upon a region, or a disease striking a person, or an army rushing upon an enemy.
Inflection: Third Person Singular, Present Tense, Active Voice, Indicative Mood
Strong’s number: G1758 (Lookup on BibleHub)
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΝΣΚΗΠΤΩ.
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.
- ἘΝΕΣΚΗΨΕΝ — fell upon, struck, broke out, burst forth, attacked
- ἘΝΣΚΗΠΤΕΙ — to strike, to fall upon, to rush upon, to attack, to befall, to happen
- ἘΝΣΚΗΨΑΙ — to fall upon, to rush upon, to strike, to attack, to inflict
- ΕΝΣΚΗΠΤΩ — to fall upon, to rush upon, to attack, to strike
- ΕΝΣΚΗΨΑΙ — to fall upon, to rush upon, to strike, to attack, to come upon
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