ἈΠΟΣΚΕΥΑΖΕΣΘΑΙ, ἀποσκευαζεσθαι
APOSKEUAZESTHAI, aposkeuazesthai
Sounds Like: ah-pos-keh-vah-ZES-thai
Translations: to pack up, to get rid of baggage, to remove baggage, to divest oneself of baggage
From the root: ΑΠΟΣΚΕΥΑΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from the prefix ἀπο- (apo-, meaning 'away from' or 'off') and σκευάζω (skeuazō, meaning 'to prepare' or 'to equip'). It means to pack up one's baggage, to get rid of baggage, or to divest oneself of one's belongings. It implies the act of preparing to leave by taking one's possessions with them, or conversely, getting rid of them to lighten the load.
Inflection: Present, Middle/Passive, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G0000 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 3:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΠΟΣΚΕΥΑΖΩ.
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.
- ἈΠΕΣΚΕΥΑΖΕΤΟ — was disburdening himself, was getting rid of, was clearing himself, was excusing himself
- ἈΠΕΣΚΕΥΑΖΟΝΤΟ — they were disclaiming, they were repudiating, they were denying, they were clearing themselves
- ἈΠΕΣΚΕΥΑΣΑΝΤΟ — they carried off their baggage, they removed their goods, they packed up, they cleared out, they stripped
- ἈΠΕΣΚΕΥΑΣΜΕΝΟΙ — unburdened, disencumbered, having laid aside, having packed up, having gotten rid of
- ἈΠΟΣΚΕΥΑΣΑΜΕΝΟΥ — having packed up, having gotten rid of baggage, having divested oneself of baggage
- ΑΠΕΣΚΕΥΑΖΕΤΟ — was packing up, was preparing to depart, was getting ready to leave
- ΑΠΕΣΚΕΥΑΖΟΝΤΟ — they were packing up, they were preparing to depart, they were getting ready to leave
- ΑΠΕΣΚΕΥΑΣΑΝΤΟ — they packed up, they got ready to depart, they prepared to leave
- ΑΠΟΣΚΕΥΑΖΩ — to pack up baggage, to get ready to depart, to pack up, to depart
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