ΥΠΟΒΑΣ, υποβας
YPOBAS, ypobas
Sounds Like: hoo-po-BAS
Translations: having gone down, having stepped under, having come under, having descended, having entered
From the root: ΥΠΟΒΑΙΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb (Participle)
Explanation: ΥΠΟΒΑΣ is the aorist active participle of the verb ΥΠΟΒΑΙΝΩ (hypobainō), meaning 'to go down,' 'to step under,' or 'to come under.' As a participle, it functions like an adjective or adverb, describing an action that occurred prior to the main verb. It often conveys the sense of someone having gone to a lower place, having entered a situation, or having submitted to something.
Inflection: Aorist Active Participle, Masculine, Nominative, Singular
Strong’s number: G5223 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΥΠΟΒΑΙΝΩ.
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.
- ΥΠΕΒΗ — went under, went down, withdrew, retired, submitted
- ΥΠΕΒΗΣΑΝ — they went under, they went down, they withdrew, they retired
- ΥΠΟΒΑΙΝΕΙΝ — to go down, to descend, to recede, to subside
- ΥΠΟΒΑΙΝΩ — to go under, to go down, to descend, to come under, to submit, to undergo
- ΥΠΟΒΕΒΗΚΟΤΕΣ — having gone under, having gone down, having submitted, having come under, those who have gone under, those who have submitted
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