ἘΚΝΗΨΑΤΕ, ἐκνηψατε
EKNĒPSATE, eknēpsate
Sounds Like: ek-NAY-psah-teh
Translations: wake up, be sober, come to one's senses, become sober-minded
From the root: ΕΚΝΗΦΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the preposition 'ἐκ' (ek), meaning 'out of' or 'from', and the verb 'νήφω' (nēphō), meaning 'to be sober'. It means to wake up from a state of spiritual or mental stupor, to become sober-minded, or to come to one's senses. It implies a transition from a state of ignorance, confusion, or spiritual intoxication to one of clarity, awareness, and sound judgment. It is often used as an imperative, urging someone to awaken to righteousness.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Imperative, Second Person Plural
Strong’s number: G1606 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Unknown: Yes
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Joel — 1:5
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- 1 Corinthians — 15:34
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΚΝΗΦΩ.
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.
- ἘΚΝΗΨΕΙ — will awake, will sober up, will come to one's senses
- ἘΚΝΗΨΙΝ — soberness, a soberness, awakening, an awakening, coming to one's senses, a coming to one's senses
- ἘΚΝΗΨΟΝ — awake, sober up, come to your senses
- ἘΚΝΗΨΟΥΣΙΝ — they will sober up, they will come to their senses, they will awake, they will become sober-minded
- ἘΞΕΝΗΨΕ — sobered up, awoke from wine, came to senses, became sober
- ἘΞΕΝΗΨΕΝ — sobered up, became sober, awoke from drunkenness, came to one's senses
- ΕΚΝΗΦΩ — awake, come to one's senses, sober up, become sober-minded
- ΕΚΝΗΨΑΤΕ — wake up, be sober, come to your senses, become sober-minded
- ΕΚΝΗΨΕΙ — will awake, will come to one's senses, will sober up, will return to soberness
- ΕΚΝΗΨΕΙΝ — to come to one's senses, to become sober, to awake from a stupor, to be sober, to be watchful
- ΕΚΝΗΨΟΝ — awake, be sober, come to one's senses, sober up
- ΕΚΝΗΨΟΥΣΙΝ — they will sober up, they will return to soberness, they will come to their senses
- ΕΞΕΝΗΨΕ — sobered up, became sober, came to one's senses
- ΕΞΕΝΗΨΕΝ — sobered up, became sober, came to one's senses, awoke
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