ἘΠΕΤΕΙΧΙΣΕ, ἐπετειχισε
EPETEICHISE, epeteichise
Sounds Like: eh-peh-tee-KHEE-see
Translations: he fortified, he built a wall upon, he walled up, he walled in
From the root: ΕΠΙΤΕΙΧΙΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes the action of building a wall or fortification upon something, or fortifying a place. It implies the act of enclosing or strengthening with a wall. It is typically used in a historical or military context to describe the construction of defensive structures.
Inflection: Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular
Strong’s number: G1964 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 8:7
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΙΤΕΙΧΙΖΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΙΤΕΙΧΙΣΑΣ — having fortified, having built a fort upon, having built a wall upon
- ἘΠΙΤΕΤΕΙΧΙΣΜΕΝΗΝ — fortified, walled, walled up, walled in, a fortified, a walled
- ΕΠΙΤΕΙΧΙΖΩ — to build a wall upon, to fortify, to wall up
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