ΠΡΟΣΗΓΚΑΛΙΖΟΝΤΟ, προσηγκαλιζοντο
PROSĒGKALIZONTO, prosēgkalizonto
Sounds Like: pros-ayng-kah-LI-zon-toh
Translations: they embraced, they hugged, they took into their arms
From the root: ΠΡΟΣΑΓΚΑΛΙΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb meaning 'to embrace' or 'to hug'. It describes the action of taking someone into one's arms, often with affection. It is formed from the preposition 'πρός' (pros), meaning 'to' or 'towards', and the verb 'ἀγκαλίζομαι' (ankalizomai), meaning 'to embrace' or 'to take into one's arms'. The form given is the third person plural, imperfect, middle/passive indicative, indicating an ongoing or repeated action in the past by a group of people, where the action is performed by them for themselves or upon themselves.
Inflection: Third Person, Plural, Imperfect, Middle or Passive, Indicative
Strong’s number: G4374 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Seven — 9:3
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟΣΑΓΚΑΛΙΖΩ.
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- ΠΡΟΣΑΓΚΑΛΙΖΩ — to embrace, to take into one's arms, to hug
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