ἈΝΕΣΚΑΠΤΟΝ, ἀνεσκαπτον
ANESKAPTON, aneskapton
Sounds Like: ah-nes-KAP-ton
Translations: dug up, excavated, overturned, destroyed
From the root: ἈΝΑΣΚΑΠΤΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from the prefix ἀνα- (ana-), meaning 'up' or 'again', and the verb σκάπτω (skaptō), meaning 'to dig'. Therefore, it literally means 'to dig up' or 'to dig again'. It is used to describe the act of digging something out of the ground, excavating, or unearthing. In a broader sense, it can also imply overturning or destroying something by digging it up, such as a city or its foundations.
Inflection: Imperfect, Indicative, Active, Third Person, Plural
Strong’s number: G0382 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Seven — 5:20
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΝΑΣΚΑΠΤΩ.
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.
- ἈΝΑΣΚΑΠΤΩ — to dig up, to overthrow, to destroy, to ruin, to subvert
- ἈΝΑΣΚΑΠΤΩΝ — digging up, overthrowing, destroying, subverting, one who digs up
- ἈΝΕΣΚΑΜΜΕΝΗ — dug up, rooted up, overthrown, a dug up (thing)
- ἈΝΕΣΚΑΨΕΝ — dug up, excavated, overthrew, destroyed
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