ἨΓΡΥΠΝΕΙΣ, ἠγρυπνεις
ĒGRYPNEIS, ēgrypneis
Sounds Like: ee-GROOP-nays
Translations: you were watchful, you were awake, you were sleepless
From the root: ΑΓΡΥΠΝΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word means to be watchful, to be awake, or to be sleepless. It describes a state of being alert and not sleeping, often implying a deliberate effort to stay awake for a purpose, such as prayer or vigilance. It is used in the context of someone who is keeping watch or remaining alert.
Inflection: Second Person, Singular, Imperfect, Indicative, Active
Strong’s number: G0061 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 2 Samuel — 12:21
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΓΡΥΠΝΕΩ.
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.
- ΑΓΡΥΠΝΕΙ — he watches, she watches, it watches, he is watching, she is watching, it is watching, he is awake, she is awake, it is awake
- ΑΓΡΥΠΝΕΙΤΑΙ — is watchful, is vigilant, is awake, is alert, is sleepless
- ΑΓΡΥΠΝΕΙΤΕ — be watchful, watch, keep awake, be alert
- ΑΓΡΥΠΝΕΩ — to be watchful, to be awake, to keep watch, to be vigilant
- ΑΓΡΥΠΝΗΣΑΣ — having been sleepless, having watched, having spent a sleepless night
- ΑΓΡΥΠΝΙΤΕ — be watchful, be alert, keep awake, stay awake
- ΑΓΡΥΠΝΟΥΝΤΕΣ — watching, being watchful, being vigilant, being sleepless
- ΑΓΡΥΠΝΟΥΣΙΝ — they are awake, they keep watch, they are vigilant, they are sleepless
- ΑΓΡΥΠΝΟΥΤΕΣ — being watchful, keeping awake, staying awake, watching, being vigilant
- ΑΓΡΥΠΝΩΝ — watching, being watchful, being vigilant, being sleepless, keeping awake
- ΓΡΥΠΝ — to be awake, to watch, to be vigilant, to be watchful, to keep watch
- ἨΓΡΥΠΝΗΣΕΝ — he watched, he kept awake, he was sleepless, he was alert
- ΗΓΡΥΠΝΗΣΑ — I kept awake, I was watchful, I was sleepless
- ΗΓΡΥΠΝΗΣΕΝ — he watched, he kept awake, he was sleepless, he was vigilant
- ΣΥΝΑΓΡΥΠΝΗΣΑΣ — watched with, kept watch with, stayed awake with, was sleepless with
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