ΕΟΙΚΕΝ, εοικεν
EOIKEN, eoiken
Sounds Like: eh-OH-ee-ken
Translations: it seems, it is like, it resembles, it is fitting, it is proper
From the root: ΕΙΚΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the third person singular perfect active indicative form of the verb 'εικω' (eiko). It is often used impersonally, meaning 'it seems' or 'it is like'. It can describe something that appears to be a certain way, or something that bears a resemblance to something else. It can also convey the idea of something being appropriate or fitting.
Inflection: Perfect Active Indicative, 3rd Person Singular
Strong’s number: G1503 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΙΚΩ.
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.
- ἘΩΜΕΝΟΙ — like, similar, resembling, fitting, proper, seemly, becoming, likely, probable
- ΕἸΚΟΝΤΑ — yielding, giving way, submitting, assenting, agreeing, conceding
- ΕἸΚΟΝΤΑΣ — yielding, submitting, conforming, giving way, those who yield, those who submit
- ΕἸΚΟΝΤΟΣ — of yielding, of giving way, of consenting, of submitting, of conceding
- ΕἸΚΟΤΩΝ — (of) probable things, (of) reasonable things, (of) fitting things, (of) likely things
- ΕἸΚΟΤΩΣ — rightly, reasonably, justly, naturally, probably, with good reason
- ΕἸΞΑΙ — to yield, to give way, to give place, to submit, to withdraw
- ΕἸΞΑΝ — yielded, gave way, retreated, submitted, conceded
- ΕἸΞΑΝΤΑΣ — having yielded, having given way, having submitted, having conceded, having retired
- ΕἸΞΑΝΤΕΣ — having yielded, having given way, having submitted, having conceded
- ΕἸΞΑΣ — having yielded, having given way, having submitted, having conceded
- ΕἸΞΕΙΝ — to yield, to give way, to withdraw, to give place, to submit
- ΕἸΞΕΝ — yielded, gave way, submitted, conceded
- ΕἸΞΩΣΙΝ — yield, give way, submit, retreat, give place
- ΕΙΚ — to yield, to give way, to retreat, to submit, to give place, to be like, to resemble
- ΕΙΚΟΤΩΣ — reasonably, rightly, justly, naturally, probably, fittingly, appropriately
- ΕΙΚΩ — to yield, to give way, to submit, to retreat, to give place
- ΕΙΞΑΙ — to yield, to give way, to submit, to give place, to withdraw
- ΕΙΞΑΜΕΝ — we yielded, we submitted, we gave way, we withdrew
- ΕΙΞΑΝ — they yielded, they gave way, they submitted, they withdrew, they retreated
- ΕΙΞΕΝ — yielded, gave way, submitted, conceded
- ΕΩΚΑ — I have yielded, I have given way, I have submitted, I have withdrawn, I have conceded
- ΕΩΚΕΙ — had been like, resembled, seemed, was fitting, was likely
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