ΛΗΓΕΙΝ, ληγειν
LĒGEIN, lēgein
Sounds Like: LAY-gayn
Translations: to cease, to stop, to end, to leave off
From the root: ΛΗΓΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is an infinitive verb meaning 'to cease' or 'to stop'. It describes the action of something coming to an end or being brought to a halt. It is often used to indicate the cessation of an action, a state, or a process.
Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G3006 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 32:161
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 2 Maccabees — 9:11
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΛΗΓΩ.
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.
- ἘΛΗΓΕ — was ceasing, used to cease, stopped, was ending, was coming to an end
- ἘΛΗΓΕΝ — ceased, stopped, ended, finished
- ἘΛΗΞΕΝ — ceased, ended, stopped, finished
- ΕΛΗΓΕ — he was ceasing, she was ceasing, it was ceasing, he was stopping, she was stopping, it was stopping, he was ending, she was ending, it was ending
- ΕΛΗΓΕΝ — he was ceasing, he was stopping, it was ceasing, it was stopping, he was ending, it was ending
- ΕΛΗΞΕΝ — it ended, he ended, she ended, it ceased, he ceased, she ceased, it stopped, he stopped, she stopped
- ΛΗΓΕΙ — he ceases, she ceases, it ceases, he stops, she stops, it stops, he ends, she ends, it ends
- ΛΗΓΟΝΤΙ — to cease, to stop, to end, to finish, to leave off, to abate
- ΛΗΓΟΝΤΟΣ — ending, ceasing, stopping, finishing, of ending, of ceasing, of stopping, of finishing
- ΛΗΓΟΝΤΩΝ — ceasing, stopping, ending, of those ceasing, of those stopping, of those ending
- ΛΗΓΟΥΣΗΣ — of ending, of ceasing, of stopping, of finishing, of concluding
- ΛΗΓΩ — to cease, to stop, to come to an end, to leave off, to desist
- ΛΗΞΑΝΤΟΣ — having ceased, having stopped, having ended, when it ceased, when it stopped, when it ended
- ΛΗΞΕΙΝ — to cease, to stop, to end, to finish
- ΛΗΞΗΤΕ — cease, stop, desist, give up
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