ΚΥΦΕΝ, κυφεν
KYPHEN, kyphen
Sounds Like: KOO-fen
Translations: to stoop, to bend down, to bow down, to be bent, to be bowed
From the root: ΚΥΠΤΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the aorist active infinitive form of the verb 'κύπτω' (kypto). It describes the action of stooping, bending down, or bowing. It can refer to a physical action of lowering one's body or head, often in humility, reverence, or to pick something up. It can also imply a state of being bent or bowed.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G2955 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Unknown: Yes
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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, ΚΥΠΤΩ.
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.
- ἘΚΥΦΟΝ — he bowed down, he stooped, he bent down
- ἘΚΥΨΑΝ — they bowed down, they stooped, they bent down
- ἘΚΥΨΕΝ — stooped, bowed down, bent down
- ΕΚΥΨΑΝ — they stooped, they bent down, they looked out, they peered out
- ΕΚΥΨΕ — stooped, bent down, bowed down, looked in, peered in
- ΕΠΑΝΑΚΥΠΤΩ — to look up, to lift oneself up, to raise oneself up, to straighten up
- ΚΥΠΤΟΝ — stooping, bending, bowing down, a stooping, a bending, a bowing down
- ΚΥΠΤΩ — to stoop, to bend down, to bow down
- ΚΥΨΑΝΤΕΣ — bowing down, stooping, bending down
- ΚΥΨΑΣ — having bent down, stooping, bowing, having bowed, having stooped
- ΚΥΨΕΙ — he will stoop, he will bend down, he will bow down
- ΚΥΨΟΝ — bow down, stoop, bend down, crouch
- ΣΥΝΚΥΠΤΩ — to stoop together, to be bowed down, to be bent over
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