ΥΠΕΙΣΗΛΘΕΝ, υπεισηλθεν
YPEISĒLTHEN, ypeisēlthen
Sounds Like: hoo-peys-EEL-then
Translations: came in secretly, entered secretly, crept in, stole in
From the root: ΥΠΕΡΧΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the prepositions 'ὑπό' (hypo, meaning 'under' or 'secretly') and 'εἰς' (eis, meaning 'into' or 'to'), combined with the verb 'ἔρχομαι' (erchomai, meaning 'to come' or 'to go'). It describes the action of entering or coming into a place in a hidden, stealthy, or unobserved manner, often implying a surreptitious or deceptive entry.
Inflection: Aorist, Indicative, Active, Third Person, Singular
Strong’s number: G5261 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 2:99
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΥΠΕΡΧΟΜΑΙ.
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.
- ΥΠΕΛΘΟΙ — might go under, might come under, might undergo, might submit, might endure, might incur
- ΥΠΕΛΘΟΝΤΕΣ — having gone under, having come under, having submitted, having undergone, having approached, having entered
- ΥΠΕΛΘΟΥΣΗΣ — of having gone under, of having come under, of having submitted, of having withdrawn, of having approached
- ΥΠΕΛΘΩΝ — having gone under, having come under, having submitted, having approached, having undergone, having taken refuge
- ΥΠΕΡΧΟΜΑΙ — to go over, to pass over, to excel, to surpass, to be superior, to be preeminent
- ΥΠΕΡΧΟΜΕΝΟΣ — coming over, going beyond, surpassing, excelling, a superior, an excellent one
- ΥΠΗΕΙ — he was going under, he was approaching, he was coming upon, he was stealing upon
- ΥΠΗΛΘΕΝ — went under, came under, withdrew, submitted, went away secretly, went away, came, went
- ΥΠΙΟΝΤΕΣ — going under, coming upon, approaching, coming secretly, stealing upon
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