ἔγκειμαι
Engelsk to cling
Abbott-Smith: A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament
1. to lie in, be wrapped in clothes , (Iliad by Homer)
2. ἔγκεισθαί τινι to be involved in a thing, (Euripides)
3. to press upon , of troops pressing upon the enemy, (Thucydides):—;with an adjective or adverb, πολλὸς ἐνέκειτο was very urgent , (Herdotus Historicus); πολὺς ἔγκειται he insists much upon a thing, with dative, (Demosthenes Orator)
4. to be devoted to one, (Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus) (ML)
Kilder: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain. Kort dansk betydning: Brugbibelens bearbejdning af Strong's ordliste. Forekomster: Nestle 1904.