ΛΗΞΕΙΝ, ληξειν
LĒXEIN, lēxein
Sounds Like: LAY-xayn
Translations: to cease, to stop, to end, to finish
From the root: ΛΗΓΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the future active infinitive form of the verb 'λήγω' (lēgō), meaning 'to cease' or 'to stop'. It indicates an action that will happen in the future and functions as a verbal noun, often used after verbs like 'begin' or 'intend'. For example, it could be used in a sentence like 'He intended to cease his work'.
Inflection: Future Active Infinitive
Strong’s number: G3000 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 4 — 4:59
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
- ΛΗΓΕΙΝ — to cease, to stop, to end, to leave off
- 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
- ΛΗΞΗΤΕ — cease, stop, desist, give up
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