ΠΥΚΝΩΣΑΝΤΕΣ, πυκνωσαντες
PYKNŌSANTES, pyknōsantes
Sounds Like: pyk-NO-san-tes
Translations: having thickened, having made dense, having crowded together, having compressed, having strengthened, having made firm
From the root: ΠΥΚΝΟΩ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word is a participle derived from the verb 'πυκνόω' (pyknoō), meaning 'to thicken' or 'to make dense'. In its participle form, it describes an action that has been completed by the subject, indicating that they have made something thick, dense, or have crowded themselves or others together. It can also imply strengthening or making something firm. It is often used to describe people forming a tight formation or gathering closely.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Participle, Nominative, Masculine, Plural
Strong’s number: G4435 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 5 — 2:163
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΥΚΝΟΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΥΚΝΩΣΑΝ — they thickened, they made dense, they made compact, they strengthened
- ΠΕΠΥΚΝΩΝΤΟ — had been made dense, had been thickened, had been crowded together, had been packed tightly
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