ἨΝΑΓΚΑΣΘΗΜΕΝ, ἠναγκασθημεν
ĒNAGKASTHĒMEN, ēnagkasthēmen
Sounds Like: ee-nang-kas-THEE-men
Translations: we were compelled, we were forced, we were constrained
From the root: ἈΝΑΓΚΆΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning 'to compel,' 'to force,' or 'to constrain.' The form provided, 'ἨΝΑΓΚΑΣΘΗΜΕΝ,' is a past tense, passive form, indicating that the subject (in this case, 'we') was acted upon, meaning 'we were compelled' or 'we were forced.' It describes a situation where someone or a group was made to do something against their will or by necessity.
Inflection: First Person Plural, Aorist, Indicative, Passive
Strong’s number: G315 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΝΑΓΚΆΖΩ.
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.
- ἈΝΑΓΚΑΖΩΝ — compelling, forcing, urging, constraining, pressing, making necessary
- ἨΝΑΓΚΑΣΜΕΝΗΝ — having been compelled, forced, constrained, a compelled one, the one having been compelled
- ἨΝΑΓΚΑΣΜΕΝΟΙ — having been compelled, forced, constrained, having been forced, having been constrained
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