ΠΤΗΧ, πτηχ
PTĒCH, ptēch
Sounds Like: PTEEKH
Translations: to crouch, to cower, to shrink, to be afraid, to be terrified
From the root: ΠΤΗΣΣΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes the act of crouching or cowering, often out of fear or timidity. It implies a physical posture of shrinking away, but can also refer to a mental state of being terrified or intimidated by something. It is typically used to describe someone who is afraid and seeks to hide or avoid a situation.
Inflection: Perfect, Active, Participle, Nominative, Masculine, Singular
Strong’s number: G4422 (Lookup on BibleHub)
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΤΗΣΣΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΤΗ — flew, cowered, shrank, fled, a flew, a cowered, a shrank, a fled
- ἘΠΤΗΞΑΝ — they cowered, they shrank back, they were terrified, they were afraid
- ἘΠΤΗΞΕΝ — cowered, shrank, was terrified, was afraid
- ΕΠΤΗΞΑ — I cowered, I shrank, I was terrified, I was afraid
- ΕΠΤΗΞΑΝ — they cowered, they shrank, they were terrified, they were afraid
- ΕΠΤΗΞΕΝ — he cowered, he shrank, he was terrified, he was afraid
- ΠΕΠΤΗΧ — crouched, having crouched, having shrunk, having cowered, having been terrified
- ΠΤΕΣΗΤΕ — you cower, you are terrified, you flee in terror
- ΠΤΗΞΑΤΩ — let him shrink, let him cower, let him crouch, let him flee
- ΠΤΗΞΗΤΕ — cower, shrink, be afraid, be terrified
- ΠΤΗΣΣΩ — to cower, to crouch, to shrink, to be afraid, to be timid
- ΠΤΤΗΘΕΝΤΕΣ — having been terrified, having been frightened, having been scared, having been made to cower
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