ΥΠΕΡΕΤΕΙΝΟΝ, υπερετεινον
YPERETEINON, ypereteinon
Sounds Like: hoo-per-ek-TEI-non
Translations: they were stretching out beyond, they were overextending, they were extending too far
From the root: ΥΠΕΡΕΚΤΕΙΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the third person plural imperfect active indicative form of the verb hyperekteinō. It is a compound verb formed from 'hyper' (over, beyond) and 'ekteinō' (to stretch out). It describes an action of stretching or extending something beyond a proper or intended limit, or overextending oneself. The imperfect tense indicates a continuous or repeated action in the past.
Inflection: Third Person, Plural, Imperfect, Active, Indicative
Strong’s number: G5236 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 4 — 6:100
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΥΠΕΡΕΚΤΕΙΝΩ.
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.
- ΥΠΕΡΕΚΤΕΙΝΟΜΕΝ — we stretch ourselves beyond, we overextend ourselves, we go beyond our limits
- ΥΠΕΡΕΚΤΕΙΝΩ — stretch beyond, overextend, go too far
- ΥΠΕΡΕΚΤΙΝΟΜΕΝ — stretch beyond, overreach, extend too far
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