ΛΩΦΗΣΑΙ, λωφησαι
LŌPHĒSAI, lōphēsai
Sounds Like: loh-FEE-sai
Translations: to cease, to rest, to desist, to leave off
From the root: ΛΩΦΑΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the aorist active infinitive form of the verb 'λωφάω'. It means 'to cease' or 'to desist from an action'. As an infinitive, it often functions to express purpose, result, or to complete the meaning of another verb in a sentence.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G3006 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 7 — 13:327
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΛΩΦΑΩ.
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.
- ἘΛΩΦΗΣΕΝ — ceased, stopped, rested, ended
- ΛΕΛΩΦΗΚΕΙ — had ceased, had rested, had abated
- ΛΕΛΩΦΗΚΟΤΟΣ — of having ceased, of having rested, of having stopped, of having desisted
- ΛΩΦΑ — to cease, to stop, to rest, to leave off
- ΛΩΦΑΩ — to cease, to rest, to leave off, to abate, to stop
- ΛΩΦΗΣΑΝΤΟΣ — of ceasing, of resting, of abating, of subsiding
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