ΥΠΟΚΕΙΤΑΙ, υποκειται
YPOKEITAI, ypokeitai
Sounds Like: hoo-po-KAY-tai
Translations: is subject to, lies under, is placed under, is laid under, is subjected, is subordinate
From the root: ΥΠΟΚΕΙΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the preposition ὑπό (hypo, meaning 'under') and the verb κεῖμαι (keimai, meaning 'to lie' or 'to be placed'). It means to be placed or laid under something, to be subject to something, or to be subordinate. It often implies a state of being under the authority, power, or influence of another, or simply being situated beneath something.
Inflection: Third person singular, Present, Indicative, Middle or Passive Voice
Strong’s number: G5223 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- 1 Maccabees — 12:7
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 13 — 6:203
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 22:12
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 1 Maccabees — 12:7
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΥΠΟΚΕΙΜΑΙ.
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.
- ΥΠΕΚΕΙΤΟ — was subject to, was laid under, was placed under, was submitted to
- ΥΠΟΚΕΙΜΑΙ — to lie under, to be subject, to be placed under, to be laid under, to be exposed to, to be the basis, to be the subject
- ΥΠΟΚΕΙΜΕΘΑ — we are subject, we are submitted, we are exposed, we are laid under
- ΥΠΟΚΕΙΜΕΝΗΝ — lying under, underlying, subject, existing, being present, being at hand, being in subjection, being responsible for, being the basis of, being the foundation of, being the cause of
- ΥΠΟΚΕΙΜΕΝΗΣ — of lying under, of being subject, of being underlying, of being at the bottom, of being situated, of being the basis
- ΥΠΟΚΕΙΜΕΝΟΝ — subject, a subject, underlying, foundation, a foundation, substance, a substance, matter, a matter
- ΥΠΟΚΕΙΜΕΝΟΥ — subject, subjected, lying under, underlying, a subject, an underlying thing
- ΥΠΟΚΕΙΜΕΝΟΥΣ — being subject to, lying under, underlying, those being subject to, those lying under
- ΥΠΟΚΕΙΜΕΝΩΝ — lying under, being subject, being put under, being laid under, being at hand, being present, being the subject, being the foundation, being the underlying reality, being the substratum, being the basis, being the material
- ΥΠΟΚΕΟΜΕΝΟΝ — lying under, being subject to, being placed under, underlying, being set before, being laid down, being exposed, being subjected
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