ἘΦΙΚΕΣΘΑΙ, ἐφικεσθαι
EPHIKESTHAI, ephikesthai
Sounds Like: eh-fih-KEH-sthai
Translations: to reach, to attain, to arrive at, to come to
From the root: ἘΦΙΚΝΕΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the aorist middle infinitive form of the verb ἐφικνέομαι. It means to reach, attain, or arrive at something, often a goal, a place, or a state. It implies successfully coming into contact with or achieving something.
Inflection: Aorist, Middle Voice, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G2185 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 4 — 8:183
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 2:13
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- 2 Corinthians — 10:13
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΦΙΚΝΕΟΜΑΙ.
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.
- ἘΦΙΚΝΕΙΤΟ — was reaching, was arriving, was extending, was attaining, was coming to
- ἘΦΙΚΝΟΥΜΕΝΟΙ — reaching, attaining, arriving, extending, coming to
- ἘΦΙΚΟΜΕΝΟΙ — having arrived, having reached, having attained, arriving, reaching, attaining
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