ἈΝΤΩΧΥΡΩΣΑΝ, ἀντωχυρωσαν
ANTŌCHYRŌSAN, antōchyrōsan
Sounds Like: an-toh-khoo-ROH-san
Translations: fortified against, strengthened against, made secure against
From the root: ΟΧΥΡΟΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the prefix ἀντι- (anti-), meaning 'against' or 'in opposition to', and the verb ὀχυρόω (ochyroo), meaning 'to fortify' or 'to strengthen'. Therefore, it means 'to fortify against' or 'to strengthen in opposition to'. It describes the action of making something secure or strong in defense against an opposing force or threat.
Inflection: Aorist, Indicative, Active, 3rd Person Plural
Strong’s number: G3734 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 7:121
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΟΧΥΡΟΩ.
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.
- ὈΧΥΡΩΘΗΣΑΝ — they were fortified, they were strengthened, they were made strong
- ὈΧΥΡΩΣΑΙ — to fortify, to strengthen, to make strong
- ὈΧΥΡΩΣΑΝ — they fortified, they strengthened, they made strong
- ὈΧΥΡΩΣΑΣ — having fortified, having strengthened, having made strong, having secured
- ΟΧΥΡΟΩ — to make strong, to strengthen, to fortify, to make firm
- ΟΧΥΡΩΘΗΣΑΝ — they were fortified, they were strengthened, they were made strong
- ΟΧΥΡΩΣΑΣΑ — having fortified, having strengthened, having made strong, having secured
- ΟΧΥΡΩΣΕΝ — he fortified, he strengthened, he made strong
- ὨΧΥΡΟΥ — fortified, strengthened, made strong, secured
- ὨΧΥΡΩΜΕΝΗ — fortified, a fortified, strengthened, made strong, secured
- ὨΧΥΡΩΣΑ — fortified, strengthened, made strong
- ὨΧΥΡΩΣΑΝ — they fortified, they strengthened, they secured
- ὨΧΥΡΩΣΕΝ — fortified, strengthened, made strong, secured
- ὨΧΥΡΩΤΟ — was fortified, was made strong, was secured
- ΩΧΥΡΑΣΑΝ — they fortified, they strengthened, they made strong
- ΩΧΥΡΟΩ — to make strong, to strengthen, to fortify, to make firm
- ΩΧΥΡΩΣΕΝ — he fortified, he strengthened, he made strong, he secured
- ΩΧΥΡΩΤΟ — was fortified, had been fortified, was made strong, had been made strong
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