ΕΠΙΕΣΑΝ, επιεσαν
EPIESAN, epiesan
Sounds Like: eh-pee-EH-san
Translations: they pressed, they oppressed, they crowded, they crushed
From the root: ΠΙΕΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes the action of pressing, squeezing, or putting pressure on something or someone. It can refer to physical pressure, like a crowd pressing in, or to metaphorical pressure, such as oppressing or burdening someone. It is often used to describe a large group of people crowding together or a force being applied to something.
Inflection: Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Plural
Strong’s number: G4000 (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, ΠΙΕΖΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΕΣΑΣΣΕΤΟ — he was pressing, he was oppressing, he was burdening, he was weighing down
- ἘΠΙΕΣΑΝ — they pressed, they weighed down, they oppressed, they bore down, they crowded
- ΕΚΠΕΠΙΕΣΜΕΝΗΝ — having been pressed out, having been squeezed out, having been drained
- ΠΕΠΙΕΣΜΕΝΟΝ — pressed down, pressed together, heaped up, a pressed down thing
- ΠΙΕΖΟΜΕΝΟΙ — being pressed, being oppressed, being afflicted, being burdened
- ΠΙΕΖΟΜΕΝΟΝ — being pressed, being oppressed, being burdened, being crushed, being weighed down
- ΠΙΕΖΟΥΝΤΟΣ — of pressing, of being pressed, of oppressing, of being oppressed, of afflicting, of being afflicted
- ΠΙΕΖΩ — to press, to oppress, to weigh down, to crowd, to throng
- ΠΙΕΣΕ — you will press, you will squeeze, you will oppress
- ΠΙΕΣΕΙΣ — you will press, you will oppress, you will crush
- ΠΙΕΣΘΑΙ — to be pressed, to be oppressed, to be crushed, to be burdened
- ΠΙΕΣΤΕΥΣΑΝΤΕΣ — having pressed, having oppressed, having burdened, having constrained
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