ΣΚΗΨΑΜΕΝΟΣ, σκηψαμενος
SKĒPSAMENOS, skēpsamenos
Sounds Like: skay-PSA-meh-nos
Translations: feigning, pretending, alleging, making a pretext, excusing oneself
From the root: ΣΚΗΠΤΩ
Part of Speech: Verb (Participle)
Explanation: This word is a participle derived from the verb 'σκήπτω' (skēptō), meaning 'to lean upon' or 'to prop oneself up'. In this form, it is used to describe someone who is feigning, pretending, or making an excuse or pretext for something. It implies an action of leaning on a false reason or an invented excuse.
Inflection: Aorist, Middle Voice, Masculine, Singular, Nominative, Participle
Strong’s number: G4624 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΚΗΠΤΩ.
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.
- ΑΠΕΣΚΗΨΕΝ — he/she/it fell, he/she/it struck, he/she/it leaned, he/she/it rested, he/she/it came down
- ἘΣΚΗΠΤΟΜΗΝ — I was leaning upon, I was resting upon, I was resorting to, I was pretending, I was feigning
- ΕΝΑΠΕΣΚΗΨΕ — fell upon, struck, burst upon, rushed upon, descended upon
- ΣΚΗΠΤΕΣΘΑΙ — to lean, to lean upon, to support oneself, to rest upon, to fall upon, to strike, to hurl
- ΣΚΗΠΤΕΤΑΙ — feigns, pretends, alleges, makes a pretext
- ΣΚΗΠΤΟΙΤΟ — he might lean, he might prop himself, he might fall, he might strike, he might rush, he might attack
- ΣΚΗΠΤΟΜΕΝΟΣ — leaning, propping, supporting, resting, relying, alleging, pretending
- ΣΚΗΠΤΟΝ — staff, a staff, scepter, a scepter, rod, a rod
- ΣΚΗΠΤΩ — to lean, to lean upon, to lean against, to fall, to fall upon, to strike, to strike upon
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