ἘΠΙΚΕΙΜΕΝΑΣ, ἐπικειμενας
EPIKEIMENAS, epikeimenas
Sounds Like: ep-ee-KEE-men-as
Translations: lying upon, placed upon, imposed, pressing upon, impending, being laid upon, being placed upon
From the root: ΕΠΙΚΕΙΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is a participle derived from the verb 'Επικειμαι' (epikeimai), meaning 'to lie upon' or 'to be placed upon'. It describes something that is currently resting on, pressing down on, or imposed upon something else. It can also refer to something that is impending or imminent. It is often used to describe a burden, a task, or a physical object.
Inflection: Present, Middle/Passive Voice, Feminine, Accusative, Plural
Strong’s number: G1945 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 18 — 5:121
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΙΚΕΙΜΑΙ.
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.
- ἘΠΕΚΕΙΝΤΟ — they were lying upon, they were pressing upon, they were urgent, they were insisting, they were laid upon
- ἘΠΕΚΕΙΤΟ — was lying upon, was laid upon, was pressing upon, was imposed, was urgent, was following
- ἘΠΕΚΕΙΤΟΤΗ — was lying upon, was laid upon, was pressing upon, was imposed upon, was resting upon, to the, for the, by the
- ἘΠΙΚΕΙΜΕΝΗΝ — lying upon, pressing upon, impending, a pressing, an impending
- ἘΠΙΚΕΙΜΕΝΟΝ — lying upon, placed upon, imposed, pressing upon, a thing lying upon, a thing placed upon
- ἘΠΙΚΕΙΜΕΝΟΣ — lying upon, lying on, resting on, imposed, pressing upon, imminent, impending
- ἘΠΙΚΕΙΜΕΝΟΥΣ — lying upon, placed upon, pressing upon, resting upon, a lying upon, a placed upon, a pressing upon, a resting upon
- ἘΠΙΚΕΙΝΤΑΙ — lie upon, be laid upon, be imposed, press upon, be urgent, be incumbent upon
- ἘΠΙΚΕΙΣΘΕ — you lie upon, you are laid upon, you press upon, you are urgent, you are imposed upon
- ἘΠΙΚΕΙΤΑΙ — it lies upon, it is laid upon, it is imposed, it is pressing upon, it is urgent, it is at hand
- ΕΠΕΚΕΙΝΤΟ — they were lying upon, they were pressing upon, they were laid upon, they were imposed upon, they were urgent
- ΕΠΕΚΕΙΤΟΤΗ — was lying upon, was laid upon, was pressing upon, was resting upon, the, a
- ΕΠΙΚΕΙΜΕΝΑ — lying upon, imposed, pressing upon, impending, present, urgent, laid upon, placed upon, resting upon
- ΕΠΙΚΕΙΜΕΝΟΥ — lying upon, pressing upon, impending, of impending, of pressing upon, of lying upon
- ΕΠΙΚΕΙΣΘΑΙ — to lie upon, to be laid upon, to be imposed, to press upon, to be urgent
- ΕΠΙΚΕΙΤΑΙ — it lies upon, it is laid upon, it is imposed, it is urgent, it is pressing, it is at hand
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