ΣΚΗΠΤΟΙΤΟ, σκηπτοιτο
SKĒPTOITO, skēptoito
Sounds Like: SKEP-toy-toh
Translations: he might lean, he might prop himself, he might fall, he might strike, he might rush, he might attack
From the root: ΣΚΗΠΤΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning to lean upon, to prop oneself, or to fall. It can also mean to strike or to rush, often implying a sudden or forceful movement. In a more aggressive sense, it can mean to attack. The specific form indicates a potential or hypothetical action.
Inflection: Third Person, Singular, Present, Optative, Middle/Passive Voice
Strong’s number: G4627 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Six — 3:19
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΚΗΠΤΩ.
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.
- ΑΠΕΣΚΗΨΕΝ — he/she/it fell, he/she/it struck, he/she/it leaned, he/she/it rested, he/she/it came down
- ἘΣΚΗΠΤΟΜΗΝ — I was leaning upon, I was resting upon, I was resorting to, I was pretending, I was feigning
- ΕΝΑΠΕΣΚΗΨΕ — fell upon, struck, burst upon, rushed upon, descended upon
- ΣΚΗΠΤΕΣΘΑΙ — to lean, to lean upon, to support oneself, to rest upon, to fall upon, to strike, to hurl
- ΣΚΗΠΤΕΤΑΙ — feigns, pretends, alleges, makes a pretext
- ΣΚΗΠΤΟΜΕΝΟΣ — leaning, propping, supporting, resting, relying, alleging, pretending
- ΣΚΗΠΤΟΝ — staff, a staff, scepter, a scepter, rod, a rod
- ΣΚΗΠΤΩ — to lean, to lean upon, to lean against, to fall, to fall upon, to strike, to strike upon
- ΣΚΗΨΑΜΕΝΟΣ — feigning, pretending, alleging, making a pretext, excusing oneself
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