2001 Translation

PEPHYKASIN, pephykasin

Sounds Like: peh-FYOO-kah-sin

Translations: they have been by nature, they are naturally, they are born, they have grown

From the root: ΦΥΩ

Part of Speech: Verb

Explanation: This word is the third person plural perfect active indicative form of the verb φύω (phyo). It means 'to be by nature,' 'to be naturally,' or 'to be born/grow.' The perfect tense indicates a state or condition resulting from a past action, so 'they have been by nature' or 'they are naturally' are common translations, implying an inherent characteristic or a state of being that has come about.

Inflection: Third person, Plural, Perfect, Active, Indicative

Strong’s number: G5453 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 17 — 5:124

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΥΩ.

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.

• ἘΠΕΦΥΗ — grew, appeared, sprang up, was produced, was born
• ἘΠΕΦΥΚΕΙ — had grown, had been born, had become, had arisen, had appeared, had been by nature
• ἘΦΥ — I grew, I produced, I sprang up, I came into being
• ἘΦΥΕΤ' — was growing, was being born, was springing up, was appearing, was becoming
• ἘΦΥΕΤΟ — was growing, was being produced, was springing up, was arising
• ἘΦΥΗ — grew, sprang up, arose, appeared, was born, came into being
• ἘΦΥΗΣΑΝ — they grew, they sprang up, they produced, they brought forth
• ἘΦΥΟΝΤΟ — were growing, were springing up, were being produced
• ΕΦΥ — grew, sprang up, was born, came into being, appeared
• ΕΦΥΕ — grew, sprang up, produced, brought forth, caused to grow
• ΕΦΥΕΤ — was growing, was springing up, was arising, was being produced
• ΠΕΦΥΚΕ — has grown, has come into being, has been born, has become, is by nature, is naturally
• ΠΕΦΥΚΕΝ — has grown, has become, is by nature, is naturally, has been born, is inherent
• ΠΕΦΥΚΟΣ — grown, produced, by nature, inherent, innate, natural
• ΠΕΦΥΚΟΣΙΝ — (to) those who have grown, (to) those who have become, (to) those who are by nature, (to) those who are innate
• ΠΕΦΥΚΟΤΑ — having grown, having been born, natural, by nature, innate
• ΠΕΦΥΚΟΤΕΣ — having been born, having become, having grown, having come into being, inherent, natural
• ΠΕΦΥΚΥΙΑΣ — of having grown, of having been born, of having become, of being by nature
• ΦΥΕ — to grow, to bring forth, to produce, to spring up, to be born
• ΦΥΕΙ — grows, produces, brings forth, springs up
• ΦΥΕΝ — grown, having grown, having been born, sprung up, produced, having come into being
• ΦΥΕΝΤΟΣ — having grown, having sprung up, having come into being, having been produced
• ΦΥΕΣΘΑΙ — to grow, to be born, to come into being, to arise, to spring up, to produce
• ΦΥΕΤΑΙ — grows, is born, springs up, comes into being, is produced
• ΦΥΗ — nature, a nature, growth, stature, natural disposition
• ΦΥΗΝΑΙ — to grow, to produce, to be born, to come into being, to spring up
• ΦΥΗΣΟΥΣΙΝ — they will grow, they will spring up, they will bring forth, they will produce
• ΦΥΝΑΙ — to be, to become, to grow, to produce, to bring forth
• ΦΥΝΤΑΣ — unknown
• ΦΥΝΤΕΣ — having become, having been born, having grown, having arisen
• ΦΥΝΤΙ — to be born, to grow, to come into being, to spring up, to produce
• ΦΥΝΤΟΣ — born, grown, produced, a born, a grown, a produced
• ΦΥΟΙΝΤΟ — they might be, they might become, they might grow, they might produce
• ΦΥΟΜΕΝΑ — growing things, things that grow, plants, that which grows
• ΦΥΟΜΕΝΗΝ — growing, being born, springing up, a growing (thing), a springing (thing)
• ΦΥΟΜΕΝΗΣ — growing, being produced, springing up, coming into being, being born, appearing, of growing, of being produced
• ΦΥΟΜΕΝΟΝ — growing, being born, springing up, appearing, a growing thing
• ΦΥΟΜΕΝΟΣ — growing, being born, springing up, coming into being, becoming, appearing
• ΦΥΟΜΕΝΟΥΣ — growing, being born, springing up, becoming, appearing, those growing, those being born
• ΦΥΟΜΕΝΩΝ — of growing, of being produced, of springing up, of coming into being
• ΦΥΟΝΤΑΙ — they grow, they are produced, they spring up, they are born
• ΦΥΟΥΣΑ — growing, producing, springing up, bringing forth
• ΦΥΟΥΣΑΙ — growing, producing, bringing forth, causing to grow, those growing, those producing
• ΦΥΩ — to grow, to produce, to bring forth, to cause to grow, to be born, to come into being
• ΦΥΩΝΤΑΙ — may grow, may be born, may produce, may bring forth, may spring up

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