ἘΠΑΝΗΞΕΙΝ, ἐπανηξειν
EPANĒXEIN, epanēxein
Sounds Like: ep-an-HEK-sin
Translations: to return, to come back, to come again
From the root: ἘΠΑΝΗΚΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb meaning 'to return' or 'to come back'. It is formed from the prepositions ἐπί (epi, 'upon, to'), ἀνά (ana, 'up, again'), and the verb ἥκω (hēkō, 'to have come, to be present'). It describes the action of coming back to a place or state, often with the nuance of coming back 'up' or 'again' to a previous position.
Inflection: Future, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G1877 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΠΑΝΗΚΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΑΝΗΚΕ — returned, came back, arrived back
- ἘΠΑΝΗΚΕΙΝ — to return, to come back, to arrive back, to come home
- ἘΠΑΝΗΚΕΝ — returned, came back, went back
- ἘΠΑΝΗΚΟΙ — he might return, he might come back, he might arrive back
- ἘΠΑΝΗΚΟΝ — returned, came back, arrived back, came home
- ἘΠΑΝΗΚΟΝΤΑ — returning, having returned, come back, having come back
- ἘΠΑΝΗΚΟΝΤΙ — returning, having returned, coming back, having come back, (to) one returning, (to) one having returned
- ἘΠΑΝΗΞΩΝ — about to return, who will return, one who will return
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