ἈΝΑΣΚΕΥΑΣΑΣΘΑΙ, ἀνασκευασασθαι
ANASKEUASASTHAI, anaskeuasasthai
Sounds Like: ah-nah-skye-vah-SAH-sthai
Translations: to pack up, to dismantle, to remove, to carry off, to plunder, to destroy, to refute, to refute completely
From the root: ΑΝΑΣΚΕΥΑΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the prefix ἀνα- (ana-, meaning 'up' or 'back') and σκευάζω (skeuazo, meaning 'to prepare' or 'to equip'). It generally means to pack up, dismantle, or remove something. In a military context, it can mean to carry off plunder or destroy a place. In a rhetorical context, it can mean to refute or completely overturn an argument.
Inflection: Aorist, Middle Voice, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G0384 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 14 — 15:418
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΝΑΣΚΕΥΑΖΩ.
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.
- ΑΝΑΣΚΕΥΑΖΟΤΕΣ — unsettling, subverting, disturbing, upsetting, destroying, dismantling, packing up, carrying off
- ΑΝΑΣΚΕΥΑΖΩ — to dismantle, to pack up, to carry off, to plunder, to destroy, to remove, to undo
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