ΕΠΤΗΞΕΝ, επτηξεν
EPTĒXEN, eptēxen
Sounds Like: ep-TEE-xen
Translations: he cowered, he shrank, he was terrified, he was afraid
From the root: ΠΤΗΣΣΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes the act of cowering, shrinking back, or being terrified, often due to fear or intimidation. It implies a physical reaction of drawing oneself in or down, as if to avoid danger or confrontation. It is typically used to describe someone who is overcome by fear and reacts by attempting to make themselves smaller or less visible.
Inflection: Aorist, Indicative, Active, Third Person Singular
Strong’s number: G4422 (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, ΠΤΗΣΣΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΤΗ — flew, cowered, shrank, fled, a flew, a cowered, a shrank, a fled
- ἘΠΤΗΞΑΝ — they cowered, they shrank back, they were terrified, they were afraid
- ἘΠΤΗΞΕΝ — cowered, shrank, was terrified, was afraid
- ΕΠΤΗΞΑ — I cowered, I shrank, I was terrified, I was afraid
- ΕΠΤΗΞΑΝ — they cowered, they shrank, they were terrified, they were afraid
- ΠΕΠΤΗΧ — crouched, having crouched, having shrunk, having cowered, having been terrified
- ΠΤΕΣΗΤΕ — you cower, you are terrified, you flee in terror
- ΠΤΗΞΑΤΩ — let him shrink, let him cower, let him crouch, let him flee
- ΠΤΗΞΗΤΕ — cower, shrink, be afraid, be terrified
- ΠΤΗΣΣΩ — to cower, to crouch, to shrink, to be afraid, to be timid
- ΠΤΗΧ — to crouch, to cower, to shrink, to be afraid, to be terrified
- ΠΤΤΗΘΕΝΤΕΣ — having been terrified, having been frightened, having been scared, having been made to cower
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