ἘΚΚΛΙΝΕΙΝ, ἐκκλινειν
EKKLINEIN, ekklinein
Sounds Like: ek-KLEE-nayn
Translations: to turn away, to avoid, to shun, to deviate, to decline, to turn aside
From the root: ἘΚΚΛΙΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from the preposition ἐκ (ek), meaning 'out of' or 'from', and the verb κλίνω (klinō), meaning 'to bend' or 'to incline'. Therefore, it literally means 'to bend out' or 'to turn away from'. It is used to describe the act of physically or morally turning away from something, avoiding it, or deviating from a path or standard. It can imply shunning or declining to engage with something.
Inflection: Present Active Infinitive
Strong’s number: G1578 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Ignatius of Antioch
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Ephesians — 7:1
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 7:77
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΚΚΛΙΝΩ.
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.
- ἘΚΚΕΚΛΙΚΕΝ — he has turned away, he has deviated, he has avoided, he has declined
- ἘΚΚΛΙΝΑΝΤΟΣ — of one who turned aside, of one who deviated, of one who avoided, of one who declined
- ἘΚΚΛΙΝΗ — turn aside, turn away, avoid, decline, deviate, shun
- ἘΚΚΛΙΝΟΝ — turning away, departing, declining, avoiding, shunning
- ἘΚΚΛΙΝΟΝΤΑΣ — turning aside, deviating, shunning, avoiding, those who turn aside, those who deviate
- ἘΚΚΛΙΝΩ — to turn aside, to turn away, to avoid, to deviate, to decline, to shun
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