ἈΝΑΣΧΟΜΕΝΟΙΔΙΕΦΘΕΙΡΑΝ, ἀνασχομενοιδιεφθειραν
ANASCHOMENOIDIEPHTHEIRAN, anaschomenoidiephtheiran
Sounds Like: ah-nah-SKHOH-meh-noy dee-ef-THEY-ran
Translations: they endured and destroyed, having endured they destroyed, they tolerated and ruined
From the root: ΑΝΕΧΩ, ΔΙΑΦΘΕΙΡΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound word formed by two distinct verbs: ἈΝΑΣΧΟΜΕΝΟΙ (anaschomenoi) and ΔΙΕΦΘΕΙΡΑΝ (diephthiran). ἈΝΑΣΧΟΜΕΝΟΙ is an aorist middle participle from ἀνέχω (anechō), meaning 'to hold up, endure, tolerate, put up with'. ΔΙΕΦΘΕΙΡΑΝ is an aorist active indicative verb from διαφθείρω (diaphtheirō), meaning 'to destroy, corrupt, ruin'. Together, the phrase describes an action where someone first endures or tolerates something, and as a result, or in conjunction with that endurance, they then destroy or ruin something.
Inflection: ἈΝΑΣΧΟΜΕΝΟΙ: Plural, Masculine, Nominative, Aorist Middle Participle. ΔΙΕΦΘΕΙΡΑΝ: Third Person, Plural, Aorist Active Indicative.
Strong’s numbers: G0430 (Lookup on BibleHub), G1311 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 4:36
From the same root
No other words from the same root, ΑΝΕΧΩ, ΔΙΑΦΘΕΙΡΩ, appear in our texts.
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