ἘΓΚΑΘΙΔΡΥΣΑΙ, ἐγκαθιδρυσαι
EGKATHIDRYSAI, egkathidrysai
Sounds Like: eng-ka-thi-DROO-sai
Translations: to establish, to set up, to install, to settle, to place
From the root: ΕΓΚΑΘΙΔΡΥΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is an Aorist Active Infinitive form of the verb 'ἐγκαθιδρύω'. It means to establish, set up, or install something or someone in a particular place or position. It implies a firm and permanent placement. It can be used in sentences to indicate the act of founding a city, installing a ruler, or settling a group of people.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G1476 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 13:17
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΓΚΑΘΙΔΡΥΩ.
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.
- ἘΓΚΑΘΙΔΡΥΣΕΝ — he established, he settled, he installed, he enthroned
- ἘΓΚΑΘΙΔΡΥΣΟΝΤΑ — about to set up, who will set up, about to establish, who will establish, about to enthrone, who will enthrone
- ΕΓΚΑΘΙΔΡΥ — to establish, to settle, to enthrone, to install
- ΕΓΚΑΘΙΔΡΥΩ — to establish, to fix, to settle, to set up, to enthrone
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