ΓΛΙΧΟΜΕΝΟΣ, γλιχομενος
GLICHOMENOS, glichomenos
Sounds Like: gli-KHO-me-nos
Translations: longing, desiring, craving, yearning, striving, eager
From the root: ΓΛΙΧΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is a present middle/passive participle derived from the verb 'glichomai'. It describes someone who is intensely longing for, desiring, or striving after something. It implies a strong eagerness or craving. It is often used to describe a persistent and earnest pursuit.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine, Present, Middle/Passive, Participle
Strong’s number: G1187 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 10 — 10:210
Josephus' The Jewish War
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΓΛΙΧΟΜΑΙ.
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.
- ΓΛΙΧΕΣΘΑΙ — to long for, to crave, to desire earnestly, to yearn for
- ΓΛΙΧΗΤΑΙ — long for, desire, crave, yearn for
- ΓΛΙΧΟΜΑΙ — to long for, to desire earnestly, to yearn, to crave
- ΓΛΙΧΟΜΕΝΟΝ — longing, desiring, craving, yearning, eager
- ΓΛΙΧΟΜΕΝΟΥΣ — longing for, eager for, desiring, those longing for, those eager for, those desiring
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