ΥΠΕΒΗ, υπεβη
YPEBĒ, ypebē
Sounds Like: hoo-peh-BEH
Translations: went under, went down, withdrew, retired, submitted
From the root: ΥΠΟΒΑΙΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the preposition ὑπό (hypo, meaning 'under' or 'below') and the verb βαίνω (bainō, meaning 'to go' or 'to step'). Therefore, it literally means 'to go under' or 'to step down'. Depending on the context, it can signify withdrawing, retiring, or submitting to something. It describes an action of moving downwards or away from a position.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Indicative, 3rd Person, Singular
Strong’s number: G5260 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 15 — 11:391
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΥΠΟΒΑΙΝΩ.
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.
- ΥΠΕΒΗΣΑΝ — they went under, they went down, they withdrew, they retired
- ΥΠΟΒΑΙΝΕΙΝ — to go down, to descend, to recede, to subside
- ΥΠΟΒΑΙΝΩ — to go under, to go down, to descend, to come under, to submit, to undergo
- ΥΠΟΒΑΣ — having gone down, having stepped under, having come under, having descended, having entered
- ΥΠΟΒΕΒΗΚΟΤΕΣ — having gone under, having gone down, having submitted, having come under, those who have gone under, those who have submitted
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