2001 Translation

YPHIENAI, yphienai

Sounds Like: hoo-fee-EH-nai

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

From the root: ΥΦΙΗΜΙ

Part of Speech: Verb

Explanation: This is the present active infinitive form of the verb Ὑφίημι. It is a compound verb formed from the preposition Ὑπό (hypo), meaning 'under' or 'down', and the verb Ἵημι (hiēmi), meaning 'to send' or 'to let go'. Therefore, it literally means 'to send down' or 'to let go under'. It is used to describe the action of lowering something, or metaphorically, of yielding or submitting to something or someone.

Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive

Strong’s number: G5268 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 15 — 8:287

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.

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

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