ΕΝΥΣΤΑΞΑ, ενυσταξα
ENYSTAXA, enystaxa
Sounds Like: eh-noo-STAK-sah
Translations: I fell asleep, I slumbered, I dozed off
From the root: ΝΥΣΤΑΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes the action of falling into a light sleep or slumber. It is typically used to indicate a state of drowsiness or the beginning of sleep. It can be used in a literal sense, referring to physical sleep, or metaphorically, referring to spiritual apathy or a lack of vigilance.
Inflection: First Person Singular, Aorist Indicative, Active Voice
Strong’s number: G3573 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Nahum — 3:18
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΝΥΣΤΑΖΩ.
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.
- ἘΝΥΣΤΑΞΑΝ — they dozed, they became drowsy, they fell asleep
- ἘΝΥΣΤΑΞΕΝ — dozed, nodded off, fell asleep, became drowsy
- ΕΝΥΣΤΑΞΑΝ — they slumbered, they fell asleep, they dozed off
- ΕΝΥΣΤΑΞΕΝ — he nodded off, he became drowsy, he fell asleep
- ΝΥΣΤΑΖΕΙ — to be drowsy, to slumber, to sleep
- ΝΥΣΤΑΖΕΙΣ — you are drowsy, you are nodding off, you are sleeping
- ΝΥΣΤΑΖΟΝΤΙ — (to) one who is drowsy, (to) one who is falling asleep, (to) a drowsy one, (to) a sleepy one
- ΝΥΣΤΑΖΟΤΑΣ — dozing, nodding off, falling asleep, being drowsy, sleeping
- ΝΥΣΤΑΖΩ — to be drowsy, to nod off, to fall asleep, to slumber
- ΝΥΣΤΑΞΑΙ — to nod off, to fall asleep, to slumber, to be drowsy
- ΝΥΣΤΑΞΕ — he nodded off, he became drowsy, he fell asleep, he slumbered
- ΝΥΣΤΑΞΕΙ — will slumber, will sleep, will doze
- ΝΥΣΤΑΞΟΥΣΙ — they will slumber, they will nod off, they will fall asleep
- ΝΥΣΤΑΞΟΥΣΙΝ — they will slumber, they will sleep, they will doze, they will be drowsy
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