ἘΓΚΕΚΥΦΟΣΙΝ, ἐγκεκυφοσιν
EGKEKYPHOSIN, egkekyphosin
Sounds Like: eng-keh-KOO-fo-sin
Translations: (to) having bent over, (to) having stooped down, (to) having peered into, (to) having looked intently
From the root: ΕΓΚΥΠΤΩ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word is a perfect active participle, meaning 'having bent over' or 'having stooped down'. It describes an action that has been completed in the past and whose results are still relevant. It often implies a close, intense examination or looking into something, as if one is bending over to get a closer look. It is a compound word formed from the preposition 'ἐν' (in) and the verb 'κύπτω' (to bend or stoop).
Inflection: Perfect, Active, Participle, Dative, Plural, Masculine
Strong’s number: G1467 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Rome
- Clement’s First Letter — 62:3
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΓΚΥΠΤΩ.
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.
- ἘΓΚΕΚΥΦΑΤΕ — you have bent down, you have stooped, you have looked intently, you have peered into
- ἘΓΚΥΨΑΣ — stooping, having stooped, bending, having bent, looking in, having looked in, peering, having peered
- ΕΓΚΥΠΤΗΤΕ — look into, stoop down, peer into, examine closely
- ΕΓΚΥΠΤΩ — to stoop, to look into, to peer into, to bend down, to gaze intently
- ΕΝΚΟΜΕΝΟΥΣ — those who are stooping, those who are bending down, those who are looking intently, those who are peering
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