ἘΠΙΚΛΗΣΙΣ, ἐπικλησις
EPIKLĒSIS, epiklēsis
Sounds Like: ep-ee-KLEH-sis
Translations: appellation, a surname, invocation, a calling upon, a calling upon oneself
From the root: ΕΠΙΚΛΗΣΙΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the act of calling upon someone or something, often in a religious or formal context, such as an invocation or prayer. It can also refer to a name or title given to someone, a surname, or an appellation. It is a compound word formed from 'ἐπί' (upon, over) and 'κλῆσις' (a calling).
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G1943 (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, ΕΠΙΚΛΗΣΙΣ.
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.
- ἘΠΙΚΛΗΣΕΙ — (to) invocation, (to) appeal, (to) surname, (to) appellation, an invocation, an appeal
- ἘΠΙΚΛΗΣΕΙΣ — invocation, a surname, a title, an appeal, a call, an appellation
- ἘΠΙΚΛΗΣΕΩΣ — of invocation, of appeal, of calling upon, of surname
- ἘΠΙΚΛΗΣΙΝ — invocation, a surname, an appellation, a calling upon, a naming
- ΕΠΙΚΛΗΝ — surname, byname, appellation, invocation, a surname
- ΕΠΙΚΛΗΣΙΣ — invocation, calling upon, appeal, a calling upon
- ΤΗΝἘΠΙΚΛΗΣΙΝ — the invocation, the appeal, the surname, the title
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