ἘΦΕΣΤΗΚΕΙ, ἐφεστηκει
EPHESTĒKEI, ephestēkei
Sounds Like: eh-fes-TEE-kay
Translations: had stood over, had stood by, had been present, had been at hand, had come upon
From the root: ἘΦΊΣΤΗΜΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes an action that was completed in the past relative to another past action, indicating that someone or something had taken a position over, by, or near something else, or had become present or imminent. It conveys a sense of being positioned or having arrived.
Inflection: 3rd Person Singular, Pluperfect Indicative, Active
Strong’s number: G2186 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Six — 6:11
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΦΊΣΤΗΜΙ.
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.
- ἘΦΕΣΤΗΚΟΤΩΝ — (of) those standing over, (of) those being present, (of) those being at hand, (of) those being in charge of
- ἘΦΕΣΤΗΚΩΣ — standing over, standing by, standing upon, present, in charge of, appointed over, having stood over
- ἘΦΙΣΤΑΜΕΝΟΙ — standing over, standing by, coming upon, appearing, presenting oneself, assailing
- ΤΟΝἘΦΕΣΤΩΤΑ — the one standing over, the one standing by, the one standing near, the one set over, the one in charge, the one present, the one imminent
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