ΥΦΕΛΚΟΝΤΕΣ, υφελκοντες
YPHELKONTES, yphelkontes
Sounds Like: yoo-FEL-kon-tes
Translations: drawing away, dragging away, pulling away, withdrawing, enticing
From the root: ΥΦΕΛΚΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a present active participle, meaning 'drawing away' or 'dragging away'. It describes an action of pulling something or someone away from a place or situation. It can also imply an act of enticing or misleading someone by drawing them away from their proper course. It is a compound word formed from the preposition 'ὑπό' (hypo), meaning 'under' or 'away', and the verb 'ἕλκω' (helkō), meaning 'to draw' or 'to drag'.
Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Nominative, Masculine, Plural
Strong’s number: G5280 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 10:9
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΥΦΕΛΚΩ.
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.
- ΥΦΕΛΚΩ — to draw away, to drag away, to pull away, to withdraw, to entice, to allure
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