ΣΚΗΠΤΟΜΕΝΟΝ, σκηπτομενον
SKĒPTOMENON, skēptomenon
Sounds Like: SKEP-toh-meh-non
Translations: leaning, resting, supporting, relying, pretending, alleging
From the root: ΣΚΗΠΤΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Participle, Adjective, Adverb
Explanation: This word is a present middle/passive participle of the verb 'σκήπτομαι'. It describes something or someone that is leaning, resting, or supporting itself. In a figurative sense, it can also mean to rely upon something, or to pretend or allege something as an excuse or reason.
Inflection: Present, Middle/Passive, Participle, Nominative/Accusative Singular Neuter, or Genitive/Dative/Accusative Plural Masculine/Neuter
Strong’s number: G4624 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 20 — 7:142
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΚΗΠΤΟΜΑΙ.
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.
- ΣΚΗΠΤΟΜΑΙ — to lean, to lean upon, to support oneself, to rely upon, to pretend, to make a pretext, to feign
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