ἘΠΙΚΛΑΣΘΕΝΤΑ, ἐπικλασθεντα
EPIKLASTHENTA, epiklasthenta
Sounds Like: eh-pee-KLAS-then-tah
Translations: broken, bent, softened, turned, moved
From the root: ΕΠΙΚΛΑΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is a participle derived from the verb 'epiklaō', meaning 'to break upon', 'to bend', or 'to soften'. It describes something that has been broken, bent, or softened, often in a figurative sense, referring to a change in disposition or attitude, such as being moved to pity or having one's resolve softened. It is a compound word formed from 'epi' (upon, over) and 'klaō' (to break).
Inflection: Aorist, Passive, Participle, Accusative, Masculine, Plural
Strong’s number: G1968 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 18 — 8:275
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 3:11
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΙΚΛΑΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΕΚΛΑΣΘΗ — was broken, was broken off, was broken in pieces, was bent, was softened
- ἘΠΙΚΛΑΣΘΕΙΣ — to be moved, to be persuaded, to be prevailed upon, to be bent, to be broken
- ἘΠΙΚΛΑΣΘΩΣΙΝ — let them be broken, let them be broken off, let them be fractured
- ΕΠΙΚΛΑΣΘΕΙΣ — broken, having been broken, having been fractured
- ΕΠΙΚΛΑΩ — to break upon, to break off, to break in pieces
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