ΣΤΕΓΑΣΑΙ, στεγασαι
STEGASAI, stegasai
Sounds Like: steh-GAH-sai
Translations: to cover, to roof, to shelter, to protect
From the root: ΣΤΕΓΑΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word means to cover, to put a roof over, or to shelter. It implies providing protection or concealment by placing something over an object or area. It can be used in contexts where one is building a roof for a house or providing shelter from the elements.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G4721 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- 2 Esdras — 12:8
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
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
- ΣΤΕΓΑΖΩΝ — covering, sheltering, protecting, one who covers, he who covers
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