ΠΛΗΣΙΑΣΑΣ, πλησιασας
PLĒSIASAS, plēsiasas
Sounds Like: play-see-AH-sas
Translations: having drawn near, approaching, coming near
From the root: ΠΛΗΣΙΑΖΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is an aorist active participle derived from the verb 'πλησιάζω' (plēsiazō), meaning 'to draw near' or 'to approach'. As a participle, it describes an action that has been completed before or at the same time as the main verb of the sentence. It functions like an adjective or adverb, modifying a noun or describing the circumstances of an action.
Inflection: Aorist Active Participle, Masculine, Singular, Nominative
Strong’s number: G4932 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 33:167
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΛΗΣΙΑΖΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΛΗΣΙΑΖΕΝ — he was drawing near, he was approaching, he was coming near
- ΠΛΗΣΙΑΖΕΙΝ — to approach, to draw near, to come near, to be near, to have sexual intercourse with
- ΠΛΗΣΙΑΖΟΝΤΑ — approaching, drawing near, coming near, being near
- ΠΛΗΣΙΑΖΟΝΤΑΣ — approaching, drawing near, coming near, a person approaching, those approaching
- ΠΛΗΣΙΑΖΟΝΤΕΣ — approaching, drawing near, coming near, being near
- ΠΛΗΣΙΑΖΟΝΤΟΣ — approaching, drawing near, coming near, being near
- ΠΛΗΣΙΑΖΟΝΤΩΝ — approaching, drawing near, coming near, being near
- ΠΛΗΣΙΑΖΟΥΣΑ — approaching, drawing near, coming near, being near
- ΠΛΗΣΙΑΖΟΥΣΙ — they approach, they draw near, they come near
- ΠΛΗΣΙΑΖΟΥΣΙΝ — they approach, they draw near, they come near
- ΠΛΗΣΙΑΖΩ — to approach, to draw near, to come near
- ΠΛΗΣΙΑΖΩΝ — approaching, drawing near, coming near, being near
- ΠΛΗΣΙΑΣΑΙ — to approach, to draw near, to come near
- ΠΛΗΣΙΑΣΑΝΤΑ — approaching, drawing near, coming near, a person who approached
- ΠΛΗΣΙΑΣΑΝΤΩΝ — (of) those who approached, (of) those who came near, (of) those who drew near
- ΤΟΥΣΠΛΗΣΙΑΖΟΝΤΑΣ — the ones approaching, those approaching, the ones drawing near, those drawing near
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