ΣΥΝΕΛΚΩΝ, συνελκων
SYNELKŌN, synelkōn
Sounds Like: soon-EL-kohn
Translations: drawing together, contracting, pulling together, drawing in, a drawing together, a contracting, a pulling together, a drawing in
From the root: ΣΥΝΕΛΚΩ
Part of Speech: Verb (Participle)
Explanation: This word is a compound word formed from the preposition ΣΥΝ (together with) and the verb ΕΛΚΩ (to draw or drag). As a participle, it describes the action of drawing or pulling something together, contracting it, or drawing it in. It can be used to describe a physical action, such as pulling a rope together, or a more abstract action, like contracting a muscle or drawing one's neck in.
Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Masculine or Neuter, Nominative or Accusative, Singular
Strong’s number: G4873 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Six — 1:88
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.
- ΣΥΝΕΛΚΕΙΝ — to draw together, to contract, to draw in, to pull together
- 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
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