ἈΠΟΔΕΟΝΤΑ, ἀποδεοντα
APODEONTA, apodeonta
Sounds Like: ah-po-DEH-on-tah
Translations: lacking, wanting, deficient, falling short, that which is lacking, that which is wanting
From the root: ἈΠΟΔΕΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is a present active participle, meaning 'lacking' or 'being deficient'. It describes something that is missing or falls short of a required standard. It can function adjectivally to modify a noun, or substantively as a noun itself, referring to 'that which is lacking'. It is a compound word formed from 'ἀπό' (apo), meaning 'from' or 'away from', and 'δέω' (deō), meaning 'to lack' or 'to need'.
Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative, Plural
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 2:32
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΠΟΔΕΩ.
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.
- ἈΠΟΔΕΟΝΤΑΣ — lacking, wanting, being deficient, being in need of, being short of
- ἈΠΟΔΕΟΝΤΕΣ — lacking, wanting, deficient, those lacking, those wanting, those deficient
- ἈΠΟΔΕΟΥΣΑ — lacking, wanting, falling short, not inferior, not lacking, not wanting
- ἈΠΟΔΕΩ — lack, be wanting, be deficient, be absent, be far from, be lacking, be in need of
- ἈΠΟΔΕΩΝ — lacking, wanting, deficient, being deficient, a lacking one
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