ΥΠΕΚΡΕΩΝ, υπεκρεων
YPEKREŌN, ypekreōn
Sounds Like: hoo-pek-REH-ohn
Translations: flowing under, slipping away, receding, withdrawing, departing
From the root: ΥΠΟΡΡΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word is a compound verb, formed from 'ὑπό' (hypo), meaning 'under' or 'away from,' and 'ῥέω' (rheō), meaning 'to flow.' It describes the action of something flowing or slipping away from beneath or from a place, often implying a gradual or unnoticed departure. It can be used to describe water flowing away, or people quietly withdrawing from a gathering.
Inflection: Singular, Masculine, Nominative, Aorist Active Participle
Strong’s number: G5261 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 3 Maccabees — 5:34
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΥΠΟΡΡΕΩ.
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.
- ΥΠΟΡΡΕΟΝ — flowing under, flowing away, running away, slipping away, draining, sinking
- ΥΠΟΡΡΕΟΝΤΑ — flowing under, flowing down, flowing away, running down
- ΥΠΟΡΡΕΩ — to flow away, to run aground, to drift away, to be carried away
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