ΣΥΛΛΗΨΙΝ, συλληψιν
SYLLĒPSIN, syllēpsin
Sounds Like: soo-LEEP-sin
Translations: a conception, a capture, a seizure, an arrest
From the root: ΣΥΛΛΗΨΙΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the act of conceiving, as in the beginning of a pregnancy, or the act of capturing or seizing someone or something. It can be used in contexts describing the arrest of a person or the apprehension of an idea.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G4846 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Seven — 2:5
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 22:109
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΥΛΛΗΨΙΣ.
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.
- ΣΥΛʼΛΗΜΨΕΩΣ — (of) conception, (of) a conception, (of) a taking together, (of) a seizing, (of) a comprehension
- ΣΥΛΛΗΜΨΕΩΣ — of conception, of a conception, of a taking hold, of apprehension
- ΣΥΛΛΗΨΕΩΣ — of a conception, of a seizure, of a capture, of an arrest, of a helping, of an assistance
- ΣΥΝΛΗΜΨΕΩΝ — of conceptions, of pregnancies, of apprehensions, of understandings
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