ἈΠΟΘΕΟΥΝ, ἀποθεουν
APOTHEOUN, apotheoun
Sounds Like: ah-po-theh-OON
Translations: to deify, to make a god of, to worship as a god
From the root: ΑΠΟΘΕΟΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning 'to deify' or 'to make a god of someone or something'. It is a compound word formed from 'ἀπό' (apo), meaning 'from' or 'away from', and 'θεόω' (theoo), meaning 'to make divine' or 'to make a god'. It describes the act of elevating someone or something to the status of a deity, or to worship them as such. In the provided context, it seems to refer to the act of deifying something found in creation.
Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:136
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 10:29
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΠΟΘΕΟΩ.
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.
- ΑΠΟΘΕΟΥΝ — they deify, they make divine, they worship as a god
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