ἘΦΙΚΝΕΙΤΟ, ἐφικνειτο
EPHIKNEITO, ephikneito
Sounds Like: eh-FIK-nee-toh
Translations: was reaching, was arriving, was extending, was attaining, was coming to
From the root: ἘΦΙΚΝΕΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes the action of reaching, arriving at, or extending to a particular point or goal. It implies a process of movement or progression towards something, often with the sense of attaining or achieving it. It can be used to describe physical movement or the attainment of a state or understanding.
Inflection: Imperfect, Middle/Passive, Indicative, 3rd Person Singular
Strong’s number: G2185 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 7:36
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.
- ἘΦΙΚΕΣΘΑΙ — to reach, to attain, to arrive at, to come to
- ἘΦΙΚΝΟΥΜΕΝΟΙ — reaching, attaining, arriving, extending, coming to
- ἘΦΙΚΟΜΕΝΟΙ — having arrived, having reached, having attained, arriving, reaching, attaining
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