ἘΡΕΙΔΕΣΘΑΙ, ἐρειδεσθαι
EREIDESTHAI, ereidesthai
Sounds Like: eh-REH-dee-sthai
Translations: to lean upon, to rest upon, to prop oneself, to support oneself
From the root: ἘΡΕΙΔΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb describes the action of leaning, resting, or propping oneself against something for support. It implies a reliance on an external object or force to maintain stability or position. It can be used in various contexts where physical or even metaphorical support is needed.
Inflection: Present, Middle/Passive, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G2025 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Seven — 8:32
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΡΕΙΔΩ.
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.
- ἘΡΕΙΔΕΤΑΙ — is fixed, is established, is supported, is based, is propped, is leaned
- ἘΡΕΙΔΕΤΕ — lean, lean on, rely on, trust, press, push
- ἘΡΕΙΔΕΤΩ — let it fix, let it lean, let it rest, let it be fixed, let it be established, let it be founded
- ἘΡΕΙΔΟΝΤΑΙ — they lean upon, they rely on, they trust in, they are leaned upon, they are relied upon, they are trusted in
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