ΝΗΚΤΑ, νηκτα
NĒKTA, nēkta
Sounds Like: NEEK-tah
Translations: swimming, able to swim, that which swims
From the root: ΝΗΧΩ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something that is swimming or capable of swimming. It is derived from the verb 'to swim'. It can refer to aquatic creatures or anything that moves through water by swimming. In the provided context, it describes something that was 'swimming' or 'aquatic' that moved onto land.
Inflection: Neuter, Plural, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G3562 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 10:19
Codex Sinaiticus
- Wisdom — 19:19
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 1:32
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Wisdom — 19:19
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΝΗΧΩ.
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.
- ΑΠΕΝΗΧΟΝΤΟ — they were swimming away, they swam away, they were escaping by swimming, they escaped by swimming
- ἘΝΗΞΑΜΕΘΑ — we swam, we floated
- ἘΠΙΝΗΞΑΣΘΑΙ — to swim upon, to swim over, to float upon, to swim
- ΝΗΚΤΩΝ — of swimming, of swimmers, of those who swim
- ΝΗΧΕΤΑΙ — swims, floats, is carried by water
- ΝΗΧΟΜΕΝΟΝ — swimming, floating, one swimming, a swimmer
- ΝΗΧΩ — to swim, to be swimming
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