ΥΠΙΣΧΝΟΥΜΗΝ, υπισχνουμην
YPISCHNOUMĒN, ypischnoumēn
Sounds Like: hoo-pis-KHNOO-mee-ne
Translations: I was promising, I promised, I was undertaking, I undertook
From the root: ΥΠΙΣΧΝΕΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb, formed from the preposition ὑπό (hypo, meaning 'under' or 'in secret') and the verb ἰσχνέομαι (ischneomai, meaning 'to hold back' or 'to restrain'). Together, it means 'to promise' or 'to undertake', often with the nuance of a solemn or binding promise. It describes an action of making a commitment or giving an assurance. In a sentence, it would be used to indicate that someone was in the process of making a promise or had made a promise in the past.
Inflection: Imperfect, Middle/Passive Voice, Indicative Mood, First Person, Singular
Strong’s number: G5261 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 21:4
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 63:330
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΥΠΙΣΧΝΕΟΜΑΙ.
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.
- ΥΠΕΙΣΧΗΜΕΝΟΣ — having promised, having undertaken, having pledged
- ΥΠΕΙΣΧΗΤΑΙ — has promised, has undertaken, has guaranteed
- ΥΠΕΙΣΧΝΕΜΑΙ — I promise, I pledge, I undertake
- ΥΠΕΙΣΧΝΥΜΙ — to promise, to vow, to undertake, to guarantee
- ΥΠΕΣΧΕ — promised, vowed
- ΥΠΕΣΧΕΝ — he promised, she promised, it promised, he undertook, she undertook, it undertook
- ΥΠΕΣΧΕΤΟ — he promised, she promised, it promised
- ΥΠΕΣΧΗΜΑΙ — I have promised, I have undertaken, I have pledged
- ΥΠΕΣΧΗΜΕΝΟΣ — promised, having been promised
- ΥΠΕΣΧΗΜΕΝΩΝ — (of) those who have promised, (of) those who have undertaken, (of) those who have guaranteed
- ΥΠΕΣΧΗΜΗΝ — I had promised, I had undertaken, I had engaged
- ΥΠΕΣΧΗΣΘΑΙ — to promise, to undertake, to pledge, to guarantee
- ΥΠΕΣΧΗΣΘΕ — you promised, you undertook, you pledged
- ΥΠΕΣΧΗΤΑΙ — has promised, has pledged, has undertaken
- ΥΠΕΣΧΟΜΑΙ — I promised, I vowed, I pledged
- ΥΠΕΣΧΟΜΕΘΑ — we promised, we have promised
- ΥΠΕΣΧΟΜΕΝ — we promised, we pledged, we undertook
- ΥΠΕΣΧΟΜΗΝ — I promised, I undertook, I engaged
- ΥΠΕΣΧΟΝ — they promised, they undertook, they offered
- ΥΠΕΣΧΟΝΤΟ — they promised, they pledged, they offered
- ΥΠΕΣΧΟΥ — you promised, promise
- ΥΠΙΣΧΝΕΙΣΘΑΙ — to promise, to pledge, to guarantee
- ΥΠΙΣΧΝΕΙΤΑΙ — he promises, she promises, it promises, he offers, she offers, it offers
- ΥΠΙΣΧΝΕΙΤΟ — he was promising, she was promising, it was promising, he promised, she promised, it promised
- ΥΠΙΣΧΝΕΜΑΙ — I promise, I pledge, I undertake
- ΥΠΙΣΧΝΕΟΜΑΙ — to promise, to pledge, to undertake, to give a promise
- ΥΠΙΣΧΝΟΥΜΕΝΟΙ — promising, those who promise, a promising
- ΥΠΙΣΧΝΟΥΜΕΝΟΙΣ — (to) promising, (to) those promising, (to) undertaking, (to) those undertaking
- ΥΠΙΣΧΝΟΥΜΕΝΟΝ — promising, a promising one, the one promising
- ΥΠΙΣΧΝΟΥΜΕΝΟΣ — promising, pledging, vowing
- ΥΠΙΣΧΝΟΥΜΕΝΟΥ — of promising, of one promising, of one who promises, of one being promised, of one who is promised
- ΥΠΙΣΧΝΟΥΜΕΝΟΥΣ — promising, pledging, undertaking, guaranteeing
- ΥΠΙΣΧΝΟΥΜΕΝΩ — promising, to promise, by promising
- ΥΠΙΣΧΝΟΥΜΕΝΩΝ — of those promising, of those pledging, of those vowing
- ΥΠΙΣΧΝΟΥΝΤΑΙ — they promise, they undertake, they profess
- ΥΠΙΣΧΝΟΥΝΤΟ — they promised, they were promising
- ΥΠΙΣΧΝΩΝΤΑΙ — they promise, they are promising, they will promise
- ΥΠΟΣΧΕ — promise, undertake, pledge, give a promise
- ΥΠΟΣΧΕΙΝ — to promise, to undertake, to offer
- ΥΠΟΣΧΕΙΝἘΑΝ — to promise, to offer, to pledge
- ΥΠΟΣΧΕΙΝΕΑΝ — to promise, to offer, to undertake
- ΥΠΟΣΧΗ — he may promise, he may undertake, he may offer, he may give, he may suffer, he may undergo
- ΥΠΟΣΧΗΣ — you will promise, you will undertake, you will guarantee
- ΥΠΟΣΧΟΙ — to promise, to offer, to undertake, to guarantee
- ΥΠΟΣΧΟΙΕΝ — might promise, would promise, might offer, would offer, might undertake, would undertake
- ΥΠΟΣΧΟΙΤΟ — he might promise, he might undertake, he might offer, he might guarantee
- ΥΠΟΣΧΟΜΕΝΟΙ — promising, having promised
- ΥΠΟΣΧΟΜΕΝΟΝ — promising, having promised, to promise, one who promises
- ΥΠΟΣΧΟΜΕΝΟΣ — promising, having promised, to promise
- ΥΠΟΣΧΟΜΕΝΟΥ — promising, having promised, of one promising, of one having promised
- ΥΠΟΣΧΟΜΕΝΟΥΣ — promising, having promised, those who promise, those who have promised
- ΥΠΟΣΧΟΜΕΝΩΝ — promising, having promised, of those promising, of those having promised
- ΥΠΟΣΧΟΥ — promise, vow, undertake
- ΥΠΟΣΧΩΜΕΝ — we may promise, we may undertake, we may offer, we may pledge
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