ΠΕΦΡΙΚΕΝΑΙ, πεφρικεναι
PEPHRIKENAI, pephrikenai
Sounds Like: peh-FRI-keh-nai
Translations: to have shuddered, to have trembled, to have bristled, to have been afraid
From the root: ΦΡΙΣΣΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the perfect active infinitive form of the verb φρίσσω (phrissō). It describes the state of having shuddered, trembled, or bristled, often due to fear, horror, or awe. It can be used in a sentence to indicate a completed action of trembling or being afraid, for example, 'they were said to have shuddered at the sight.'
Inflection: Perfect, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G5425 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 3:62
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΡΙΣΣΩ.
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.
- ἘΦΡΙΞΑΝ — they shuddered, they trembled, they shivered, they bristled
- ἘΦΡΙΞΕ — shuddered, trembled, shook with fear, bristled
- ἘΦΡΙΞΕΝ — shuddered, trembled, bristled, was terrified
- ἘΦΡΙΤΤΕ — he shuddered, he trembled, he bristled, he quaked
- ἘΦΡΙΤΤΟΝ — they shuddered, they trembled, they bristled
- ΕΦΡΙΞΑΝ — they shuddered, they shivered, they trembled, they were terrified, they bristled
- ΕΦΡΙΞΕΝ — he shuddered, it shuddered, he trembled, it trembled, he bristled, it bristled
- ΕΦΡΙΤΤΟΝ — they shuddered, they were terrified, they were afraid, they were horrified
- ΠΕΦΡΙΚΟΤΕΣ — having shuddered, those who have shuddered, having trembled, those who have trembled
- ΠΕΦΡΙΚΩΣ — having shuddered, having trembled, having bristled, having been terrified
- ΦΡΙΞ — shuddering, a shudder, a shiver, a ripple, a ripple on the water, a bristling, a bristling of hair
- ΦΡΙΞΑΤΩ — let it shudder, let it tremble, let it shiver, let it bristle
- ΦΡΙΣΣ — to shudder, to tremble, to shiver, to be afraid, to be terrified
- ΦΡΙΣΣΕΙ — shudders, trembles, shivers, bristles, quakes
- ΦΡΙΣΣΕΤΕ — shudder, shiver, tremble, be afraid, be terrified
- ΦΡΙΣΣΟΥΣΙΝ — they shudder, they tremble, they shiver
- ΦΡΙΣΣΩ — to shudder, to tremble, to shiver, to bristle
- ΦΡΙΤΤΕΙ — shudder, tremble, be terrified, shudder with fear
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