ΥΠΕΚΑΙΕΤΟ, υπεκαιετο
YPEKAIETO, ypekaieto
Sounds Like: hoo-peh-KAI-eh-toh
Translations: was burning underneath, was kindling underneath, was secretly burning, was secretly kindling
From the root: ΥΠΟΚΑΙΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the preposition 'ὑπό' (hypo), meaning 'under' or 'secretly', and the verb 'καίω' (kaiō), meaning 'to burn' or 'to kindle'. The word describes something that was burning or being kindled from underneath, or perhaps burning in a hidden or suppressed manner. It is used to describe an ongoing action in the past.
Inflection: Imperfect, Middle/Passive Voice, Indicative Mood, 3rd Person, Singular
Strong’s numbers: G5258 (Lookup on BibleHub), G2545 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- 4 Maccabees — 11:18
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 4 Maccabees — 11:18
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΥΠΟΚΑΙΩ.
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.
- ΥΠΕΚΑΙΟΝ — they were burning, they were kindling, they were setting on fire
- ΥΠΟΚΑΕΝΤΩΝ — of those being burned underneath, of those being set on fire underneath, of those being ignited underneath
- ΥΠΟΚΑΙΕ — burn under, set fire under, kindle under
- ΥΠΟΚΑΙΟΜΕΝΗΣ — of being burned underneath, of being kindled, of being set on fire
- ΥΠΟΚΑΙΟΜΕΝΟΝ — burning underneath, being burned underneath, being kindled underneath
- ΥΠΟΚΑΙΟΜΕΝΟΥΣ — being burned underneath, burning underneath, those being burned underneath
- ΥΠΟΚΑΙΩ — to burn underneath, to kindle, to light a fire
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