ΣΤΕΓΟΥΣΑΙ, στεγουσαι
STEGOUSAI, stegousai
Sounds Like: steh-GOO-sai
Translations: covering, containing, enduring, bearing, holding, protecting
From the root: ΣΤΕΓΩ
Part of Speech: Verb (Participle)
Explanation: This word is a present active participle, feminine plural, derived from the verb ΣΤΕΓΩ. It describes an action of covering, containing, enduring, or bearing something. In a sentence, it would refer to multiple feminine subjects who are performing this action, such as 'the women covering' or 'those (feminine) who are enduring'.
Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Feminine, Plural, Nominative
Strong’s number: G4721 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 1:24
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΤΕΓΩ.
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.
- ΣΤΕΓΕΙ — to cover, to conceal, to keep secret, to endure, to bear, to protect
- ΣΤΕΓΕΙΝ — to bear, to endure, to cover, to conceal, to hold back, to keep secret
- ΣΤΕΓΟΜΕΝ — we bear, we endure, we cover, we conceal
- ΣΤΕΓΟΝΤΕΣ — enduring, bearing, forbearing, covering, protecting, concealing
- ΣΤΕΓΟΝΤΩΝ — of covering, of enduring, of bearing, of forbearing, of protecting, of concealing
- ΣΤΕΓΩ — to bear, to endure, to forbear, to cover, to protect, to keep secret, to hold out against
- ΣΤΕΓΩΝ — enduring, bearing, forbearing, covering, protecting, holding out, holding up
- ΣΤΕΞΑΙ — to bear, to endure, to hold, to contain, to cover, to protect, to keep secret
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