ἘΝΥΣΤΑΞΑΝ, ἐνυσταξαν
ENYSTAXAN, enystaxan
Sounds Like: eh-noo-STAK-san
Translations: they dozed, they became drowsy, they fell asleep
From the root: ΝΥΣΤΑΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes the action of becoming drowsy, nodding off, or falling asleep. It implies a state of being overcome by sleepiness, often involuntarily. It is typically used to describe a group of people who collectively experienced this state.
Inflection: Third Person Plural, Aorist Indicative, Active Voice
Strong’s number: G3573 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Matthew — 25:5
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΝΥΣΤΑΖΩ.
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.
- ἘΝΥΣΤΑΞΕΝ — dozed, nodded off, fell asleep, became drowsy
- ΕΝΥΣΤΑΞΑ — I fell asleep, I slumbered, I dozed off
- ΕΝΥΣΤΑΞΑΝ — they slumbered, they fell asleep, they dozed off
- ΕΝΥΣΤΑΞΕΝ — he nodded off, he became drowsy, he fell asleep
- ΝΥΣΤΑΖΕΙ — to be drowsy, to slumber, to sleep
- ΝΥΣΤΑΖΕΙΣ — you are drowsy, you are nodding off, you are sleeping
- ΝΥΣΤΑΖΟΝΤΙ — (to) one who is drowsy, (to) one who is falling asleep, (to) a drowsy one, (to) a sleepy one
- ΝΥΣΤΑΖΟΤΑΣ — dozing, nodding off, falling asleep, being drowsy, sleeping
- ΝΥΣΤΑΖΩ — to be drowsy, to nod off, to fall asleep, to slumber
- ΝΥΣΤΑΞΑΙ — to nod off, to fall asleep, to slumber, to be drowsy
- ΝΥΣΤΑΞΕ — he nodded off, he became drowsy, he fell asleep, he slumbered
- ΝΥΣΤΑΞΕΙ — will slumber, will sleep, will doze
- ΝΥΣΤΑΞΟΥΣΙ — they will slumber, they will nod off, they will fall asleep
- ΝΥΣΤΑΞΟΥΣΙΝ — they will slumber, they will sleep, they will doze, they will be drowsy
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