ΠΑΡΕΙΚΟΥΣΗΣ, παρεικουσης
PAREIKOUSĒS, pareikousēs
Sounds Like: par-ei-KOO-sees
Translations: yielding, giving way, giving place, withdrawing, passing by, of yielding, of giving way, of giving place, of withdrawing, of passing by
From the root: ΠΑΡΕΙΚΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a participle derived from the verb 'παρεικω', meaning 'to yield', 'to give way', or 'to withdraw'. It describes an action of yielding or giving place, often implying a passive or submissive posture. It can be used to describe something that is receding or passing by.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine, Present, Active, Participle
Strong’s number: G3938 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Seven — 8:29
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΑΡΕΙΚΩ.
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.
- ΠΑΡΕΙΚΟΙ — yield, give way, give up, allow, grant, present, furnish
- ΠΑΡΕΙΚΟΙΕΝ — they might yield, they might give way, they might allow, they might grant, they might permit
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