ἨΝΑΓΚΑΖΟΝΤΟ, ἠναγκαζοντο
ĒNAGKAZONTO, ēnagkazonto
Sounds Like: ay-nahg-KAH-zon-toh
Translations: they were compelled, they were forced, they were constrained
From the root: ἈΝΑΓΚΑΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning 'to compel,' 'to force,' or 'to constrain.' It is a compound word formed from the prefix ἀνά (ana), meaning 'up' or 'again,' and ἀγκάζω (agkazo), which is related to ἀνάγκη (anankē), meaning 'necessity' or 'compulsion.' In this form, it describes an action that was ongoing in the past, where a group of people were being compelled or forced to do something by an external agent. It implies a lack of choice or a strong imposition.
Inflection: Imperfect, Indicative, Passive, 3rd Person, Plural
Strong’s number: G315 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 2 Maccabees — 6:7
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΝΑΓΚΑΖΩ.
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.
- ἈΝΑΓΚΑΖΕΙ — compels, forces, urges, constrains
- ἈΝΑΓΚΑΖΕΙΝ — to compel, to force, to constrain, to urge, to necessitate
- ἈΝΑΓΚΑΖΕΙΣ — you compel, you force, you urge, you constrain
- ἈΝΑΓΚΑΖΕΣΘΑΙ — to be compelled, to be forced, to be constrained, to be urged
- ἈΝΑΓΚΑΖΗ — he compels, he forces, he urges, he necessitates
- ἈΝΑΓΚΑΖΟΙ — compel, force, urge, constrain, necessitate
- ἈΝΑΓΚΑΖΟΜΑΙ — I am compelled, I am forced, I am constrained, I am urged
- ἈΝΑΓΚΑΖΟΜΕΝΟΥΣ — being compelled, being forced, being constrained, being urged
- ἈΝΑΓΚΑΖΟΝΤΑ — compelling, forcing, urging, constraining, pressing, a compelling one, a forcing one
- ἈΝΑΓΚΑΖΟΝΤΑΙ — they are compelled, they are forced, they are constrained
- ἈΝΑΓΚΑΖΟΝΤΕΣ — compelling, forcing, constraining, urging, pressing, putting under necessity
- ἈΝΑΓΚΑΖΟΝΤΙ — compelling, forcing, urging, pressing, constraining, of compelling, to compelling
- ἈΝΑΓΚΑΖΟΝΤΩΝ — compelling, forcing, urging, constraining, pressing
- ἈΝΑΓΚΑΖΟΥΣΙ — they compel, they force, they urge, they constrain
- ἈΝΑΓΚΑΖΟΥΣΙΝ — they compel, they force, they urge, they constrain
- ἈΝΑΓΚΑΖΩ — compel, force, constrain, urge, press
- ἈΝΑΓΚΑΣΑΙ — to compel, to force, to constrain, to necessitate
- ἈΝΑΓΚΑΣΑΝΤΩΝ — of having compelled, of those who compelled, of having forced, of those who forced
- ἈΝΑΓΚΑΣΑΣ — compelling, forcing, constraining, urging, having compelled, when he compelled
- ἈΝΑΓΚΑΣΕΙΝ — to compel, to force, to constrain, to urge
- ἈΝΑΓΚΑΣΕΤΕ — you will compel, you will force, you will constrain
- ἈΝΑΓΚΑΣΘΕΙΗ — might be compelled, might be forced, might be constrained
- ἈΝΑΓΚΑΣΘΕΙΣ — having been compelled, having been forced, having been constrained
- ἈΝΑΓΚΑΣΘΕΝΤΕΣ — having been compelled, having been forced, having been constrained, forced, compelled, constrained
- ἈΝΑΓΚΑΣΘΗΝΑΙ — to be compelled, to be forced, to be constrained
- ἈΝΑΓΚΑΣΟΝ — compel, force, urge, constrain
- ἈΝΑΓΚΑΣΟΝΤΑΣ — compelling, forcing, those who will compel, those who will force
- ἨΝΑΓΚΑΖΕΝ — he was compelling, he was forcing, he was urging, he was pressing, he was constraining
- ἨΝΑΓΚΑΖΕΤΟ — he was compelled, he was forced, he was constrained
- ἨΝΑΓΚΑΖΟΝ — they were compelling, they were forcing, they were urging, they were pressing
- ἨΝΑΓΚΑΣΑΤΕ — you compelled, you forced, you constrained
- ἨΝΑΓΚΑΣΕ — compelled, forced, constrained
- ἨΝΑΓΚΑΣΕΝ — forced, compelled, constrained
- ἨΝΑΓΚΑΣΘΗ — was compelled, was forced, was constrained
- ἨΝΑΓΚΑΣΘΗΝ — I was compelled, I was forced, I was constrained
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