2001 Translation

YPHEINAI, ypheinai

Sounds Like: hoo-fee-NAI

Translations: to let down, to lower, to yield, to give way, to submit

From the root: ΥΦΙΗΜΙ

Part of Speech: Verb

Explanation: This word is the aorist active infinitive form of the verb 'hyphiēmi'. It means 'to let down' or 'to lower', often implying a yielding or submission. As an infinitive, it functions like a noun or can complete the meaning of another verb in a sentence, indicating the action of letting down or yielding.

Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive

Strong’s number: G5264 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 5 — 2:171

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΥΦΙΗΜΙ.

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.

• ΥΦΕΞΕΙ — will withdraw, will yield, will submit, will give way, will suffer, will endure
• ΥΦΙΕΝΑΙ — to let down, to lower, to yield, to give way, to submit

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