ἈΝΗΚΕΣΤΟΝ, ἀνηκεστον
ANĒKESTON, anēkeston
Sounds Like: an-EE-kes-ton
Translations: incurable, irreparable, irremediable, grievous, a grievous thing, an incurable thing
From the root: ἈΝΗΚΕΣΤΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is an adjective meaning 'incurable,' 'irreparable,' or 'grievous.' It describes something that cannot be remedied, healed, or set right, often referring to a wound, disease, or misfortune. It implies a state of being beyond repair or recovery.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G0408 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 15 — 5:131, 5:145, 6:197
- Book 16 — 11:356, 11:395
- Book 17 — 11:304
- Book 18 — 8:274, 8:277, 8:282, 9:359
- Book 19 — 1:65
- Book 20 — 3:59
Josephus' The Jewish War
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 3 Maccabees — 3:25
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΝΗΚΕΣΤΟΣ.
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.
- ἈΝΗΚΕΣΤΟΣ — incurable, irreparable, irremediable, fatal, a fatal, an incurable
- ἈΝΗΚΕΣΤΟΤΕΡΑΝ — more incurable, more irreparable, more irremediable, more grievous
- ἈΝΗΚΕΣΤΟΥΣ — incurable, irreparable, irremediable, fatal, grievous, deadly
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