ἐνδύνοντες
endýnō
who creep into
To slip in, to enter stealthily; in contexts, to insinuate oneself, to come or go in without being noticed, sometimes with the connotation of entering by stealth or craft. Can carry figurative senses of surreptitious behavior or seeping in under cover.
2 Timothy 3:6 · Word #6
Lexicon G1744
| Lemma | ἐνδύνω |
| Transliteration | endýnō |
| Strong's | G1744 |
| Definition | To slip in, to enter stealthily; in contexts, to insinuate oneself, to come or go in without being noticed, sometimes with the connotation of entering by stealth or craft. Can carry figurative senses of surreptitious behavior or seeping in under cover. |
Morphology V PRS ACT PTCP NOM M PL
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | V — Verb — An action or state of being |
| Tense | PRS — Present — Ongoing or repeated action |
| Voice | ACT — Active — The subject performs the action |
| Mood | PTCP — Participle — A verbal adjective |
| Case | NOM — Nominative — The subject of the sentence |
| Gender | M — Masculine — Grammatical masculine |
| Number | PL — Plural — More than one |
Common Translation
| Phrase | who creep into |
| Literal | sneaking-in |
Lexical Info
| Lemma | ἐνδύνω |
| Strong's | G1744 |
SIBI-P1 Translation G1744-01
slipping in
| Morphological Notes | Verb, present active participle, nominative masculine plural (PPA NMP); denotes ongoing action performed by masculine plural subjects. |
| Rendering Rationale | The present active participle nominative masculine plural denotes ongoing action by male subjects. "Slipping in" preserves the root sense of sinking or entering inwardly and the nuance of stealth inherent in the verb. |
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