ἘΦΙΚΝΟΥΜΕΝΟΙ, ἐφικνουμενοι
EPHIKNOUMENOI, ephiknoumenoi
Sounds Like: eh-fikh-NOO-meh-noy
Translations: reaching, attaining, arriving, extending, coming to
From the root: ἘΦΙΚΝΕΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word is a present participle, middle/passive voice, masculine plural nominative or feminine plural nominative/accusative of the verb ἐφικνέομαι (ephikneomai). It means to reach, attain, or arrive at something. It implies extending oneself to grasp or achieve a goal, or to come to a certain point or state. It is often used with a preposition like 'πρός' (pros) or 'εἰς' (eis) followed by an accusative case to indicate the object or destination being reached.
Inflection: Present, Participle, Middle/Passive, Masculine Plural Nominative or Feminine Plural Nominative/Accusative
Strong’s number: G2185 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 13 — 8:247
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- 2 Corinthians — 10:14
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
- ἘΦΙΚΝΕΙΤΟ — was reaching, was arriving, was extending, was attaining, was coming to
- ἘΦΙΚΟΜΕΝΟΙ — having arrived, having reached, having attained, arriving, reaching, attaining
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