ἘΚΛΙΞΕΙ, ἐκλιξει
EKLIXEI, eklixei
Sounds Like: ek-LEE-ksei
Translations: lick up, devour, consume
From the root: ΕΚΛΕΙΧΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb means to lick up, devour, or consume completely. It describes an action of thorough consumption, often by licking, as a cow might lick up grass. It can be used metaphorically to describe something being completely used up or destroyed.
Inflection: Third Person Singular, Future Indicative, Active Voice
Strong’s number: G1589 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Numbers — 22:4
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΚΛΕΙΧΩ.
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.
- ἘΚΛΕΙΧΕΣΘΑΙ — to lick up, to lick clean, to devour by licking
- ἘΚΛΕΙΧΩ — to lick up, to lick clean, to lick off
- ἘΚΛΙΞΑΙ — to lick up, to lick clean, to devour
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