ΣΤΕΓΑΖΩΝ, στεγαζων
STEGAZŌN, stegazōn
Sounds Like: steh-GAH-zohn
Translations: covering, sheltering, protecting, one who covers, he who covers
From the root: ΣΤΕΓΑΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb, Adjective
Explanation: This word is the present active participle of the verb ΣΤΕΓΑΖΩ, meaning 'to cover' or 'to shelter'. As a participle, it describes an ongoing action and can function as both a verb (e.g., 'covering') and an adjective (e.g., 'the covering one'). It implies providing protection or concealment, often from the elements or from view.
Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Nominative, Masculine, Singular
Strong’s number: G4721 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Psalms — 103:3
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Psalms — 103:3
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΤΕΓΑΖΩ.
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.
- ΑΠΕΣΤΕΓΑΣΑΝ — they uncovered, they unroofed
- ἘΣΤΕΓΑΣΑΝ — they covered, they roofed, they sheltered
- ἘΣΤΕΓΑΣΜΕΝΟΝ — covered, sheltered, roofed, a covered thing, a sheltered thing, a roofed thing
- ΕΣΤΕΓΑΣΑ — I uncovered, I unroofed, I roofed, I covered
- ΕΣΤΕΓΑΣΑΝ — they covered, they roofed, they sheltered
- ΣΤΕΓΑΖΩ — to cover, to shelter, to protect, to roof over
- ΣΤΕΓΑΣΑΙ — to cover, to roof, to shelter, to protect
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