ἐναγκαλίζομαι
enankalízomai · G1723 · Greek · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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to embrace, to hug, to put one’s arms around
To put one’s arms around someone as an expression of affection and concern
ExamplesMark 9:36 And He took a child and placed him among them, and taking him in His arms, He said to them,
Mark 10:16 And He took them in His arms and began blessing them, laying His hands on them.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- Not stated (participle) 2
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 2
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- ἀσπάζομαι aspázomai · G782 · to greet, to send greetings
- While primarily meaning to greet or salute, ἀσπάζομαι can include the physical act of embracing as part of a greeting, especially in contexts of affectionate welcome. Distinct from ἐναγκαλίζομαι in that ἀσπάζομαι emphasizes the social act of greeting whereas ἐναγκαλίζομαι specifically focuses on the physical act of taking in one's arms.
In the other Testament 1 word
- חָבַק châbaq · H2263 · to hold, to embrace, to embrace > to cling to
- The primary Hebrew verb for embracing or clasping someone in one's arms; direct translation equivalent used in contexts like Eccl 3:5 'a time to embrace' and Gen 29:13 where Laban embraced Jacob.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To embrace, to hug, to put one’s arms around34.63
- This verb describes taking someone into one's arms in an embrace, used of Jesus taking a child among the disciples as an object lesson — "And He took a child and placed him among them, and taking him in His arms, He said to them" (Mark 9:36), and again of Jesus blessing the children brought to Him, "And He took them in His arms and began blessing them, laying His hands on them" (Mark 10:16).
Word family 9 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : 1 aorist participle ἐναγκαλισάμενος; (middle equivalent to εἰς τάς ἀγκάλας δέχομαι, Lk…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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