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ἘΚΣΤΗΝΑΙ, ἐκστηναι

EKSTĒNAI, ekstēnai

Sounds Like: ek-STAY-nai

Translations: to stand out, to be amazed, to be astonished, to be beside oneself, to be out of one's mind, to yield, to give way

From the root: ΕΚΙΣΤΗΜΙ

Part of Speech: Verb

Explanation: This word is the aorist active infinitive form of the verb 'ekistēmi'. It literally means 'to stand out' or 'to displace'. In a figurative sense, it often means 'to be amazed' or 'to be astonished' to the point of being 'beside oneself' or 'out of one's mind'. It can also mean 'to yield' or 'to give way' to something or someone.

Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive

Strong’s number: G1839 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Polycarp of Smyrna
  • Martyrdom of Polycarp — 12:1

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΚΙΣΤΗΜΙ.

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.

  • ἘΚΣΤΑΝΤΑ — those who stood out, those who were amazed, those who were astonished, those who were beside themselves
  • ΕΚΣΤΗΣΕΤΑΙ — he will be amazed, she will be amazed, it will be amazed, he will be astonished, she will be astonished, it will be astonished, he will be beside himself, she will be beside herself, it will be beside itself, he will be out of his mind, she will be out of her mind, it will be out of its mind

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