ἈΝΗΚΕΣΤΟΣ, ἀνηκεστος
ANĒKESTOS, anēkestos
Sounds Like: an-AY-kes-tos
Translations: incurable, irreparable, irremediable, fatal, a fatal, an incurable
From the root: ἈΝΗΚΕΣΤΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something that cannot be healed, remedied, or repaired. It refers to a condition, injury, or situation that is beyond cure or correction, often implying a severe or destructive outcome. It can be used to describe diseases, wounds, or even actions that have irreversible consequences.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G0493 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 18 — 6:226
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 2 Maccabees — 9:5
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.
- ἈΝΗΚΕΣΤΟΝ — incurable, irreparable, irremediable, grievous, a grievous thing, an incurable thing
- ἈΝΗΚΕΣΤΟΤΕΡΑΝ — more incurable, more irreparable, more irremediable, more grievous
- ἈΝΗΚΕΣΤΟΥΣ — incurable, irreparable, irremediable, fatal, grievous, deadly
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