ΣΥΝΕΛΚΕΙΝ, συνελκειν
SYNELKEIN, synelkein
Sounds Like: soon-EL-kane
Translations: to draw together, to contract, to draw in, to pull together
From the root: ΣΥΝΕΛΚΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the preposition ΣΥΝ (together with) and the verb ΕΛΚΩ (to draw, to drag). It means to draw or pull things together, to contract, or to gather. It can be used to describe the action of pulling something into a smaller space or bringing multiple things into proximity.
Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G4951 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 7 — 12:299
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΥΝΕΛΚΩ.
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.
- ΣΥΝΕΛΚΟΜΕΝΟΙ — being drawn together, being dragged along, being pulled together, being contracted
- ΣΥΝΕΛΚΟΜΕΝΟΝ — drawn together, dragged together, pulled together, contracted
- ΣΥΝΕΛΚΩ — to draw together, to contract, to pull together, to draw in, to drag along
- ΣΥΝΕΛΚΩΝ — drawing together, contracting, pulling together, drawing in, a drawing together, a contracting, a pulling together, a drawing in
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