ΕἸΚΑΙΩΣ, εἰκαιως
EIKAIŌS, eikaiōs
Sounds Like: ee-KAH-ee-ohss
Translations: without cause, without reason, rashly, thoughtlessly, in vain
From the root: ΕΙΚΑΙΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adverb
Explanation: This word is an adverb meaning 'without cause or reason,' 'rashly,' 'thoughtlessly,' or 'in vain.' It describes an action that is done impulsively, without proper justification, or to no purpose. For example, one might act 'eikaios' if they make a decision without thinking it through or if their efforts yield no results.
Inflection: Does not inflect
Strong’s number: G1500 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 7:33
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΙΚΑΙΟΣ.
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.
- ΕἸΚΑΙΑΝ — rash, thoughtless, inconsiderate, random, without cause, in vain, a rash, a thoughtless, a random
- ΕἸΚΑΙΑΣ — of random, of a random, of thoughtless, of a thoughtless, of rash, of a rash, of inconsiderate, of an inconsiderate, of aimless, of an aimless
- ΕΙΚΑΙΑΝ — rash, rashly, without cause, in vain, thoughtlessly, heedlessly
- ΕΙΚΑΙΑΣ — rash, thoughtless, inconsiderate, without cause, in vain, without reason
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