ΕΙΚΟΤΑ, εικοτα
EIKOTA, eikota
Sounds Like: ee-KO-tah
Translations: fitting, suitable, reasonable, probable, likely, appropriate, becoming, reasonable things, probable things
From the root: ΕΟΙΚΑ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Verb
Explanation: This word is the neuter plural of the perfect participle of the verb ΕΟΙΚΑ (eoika), meaning 'to be like, resemble, be fitting, be probable'. As an adjective, it describes things that are fitting, suitable, or probable. When used substantively (as a noun), it refers to 'reasonable things' or 'probable things'. It is often used in philosophical or rhetorical contexts to describe what is logically consistent or likely to be true.
Inflection: Perfect Participle, Neuter, Plural, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G1503 (Lookup on BibleHub)
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΟΙΚΑ.
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.
- ἈΠΕΟΙΚΥΙΑΝ — resembling, like, similar to, a resembling, a like, a similar to
- ΑΠΕΟΙΚΥΙΑΝ — unfitting, unsuitable, unseemly, improper, unlike, dissimilar
- ἘΟΙΚΑΣ — you seem, you appear, you are like, you resemble
- ἘΟΙΚΑΣΙΝ — they are like, they seem, they resemble, they appear
- ἘΟΙΚΑΤΕ — you are like, you resemble, you seem, you appear
- ἘΟΙΚΕ — it is like, it seems, it resembles, it is fitting
- ἘΟΙΚΕΝ — it seems, it is like, it resembles, it is fitting, it is proper
- ἘΟΙΚΟΤΑ — like, resembling, similar, fitting, suitable, proper, reasonable, probable, a like thing, a similar thing
- ἘΟΙΚΟΤΩΝ — of those who are like, of those who resemble, of those who seem, of those who are fitting
- ἘΟΙΚΥΙΑ — like, resembling, similar, a likeness, a resemblance
- ἘΟΙΚΥΙΑΣ — resembling, like, similar to, appearing, seeming
- ἘΩΚΕΙ — it seemed, it appeared, it was like, it resembled
- ἘΩΚΕΣΑΝ — they were like, they resembled, they seemed, they were fitting
- ΕΟΙΚΑ — I am like, I resemble, I seem, it is fitting, it is proper
- ΠΡΟΣΕΟΙΚΕΝΑΙ — to be like, to resemble, to be similar, to be fitting
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