ἈΠΟΤΥΧΕΙΝ, ἀποτυχειν
APOTYCHEIN, apotychein
Sounds Like: ah-po-too-KHEIN
Translations: to fail, to miss, to be unsuccessful, to be disappointed
From the root: ΑΠΟΤΥΓΧΑΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word means to fail, to miss a mark or goal, or to be unsuccessful in an endeavor. It can also imply being disappointed or frustrated due to a lack of success. It is often used to describe the outcome of an attempt that did not achieve its intended purpose.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G640 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 29:15
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΠΟΤΥΓΧΑΝΩ.
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.
- ἈΠΕΤΥΧΟΝ — failed, missed, were unsuccessful, did not obtain
- ἈΠΟΤΕΥΞΕΣΘΑΙ — to fail, to miss, to be disappointed, to be unsuccessful
- ἈΠΟΤΥΓΧΑΝΕΙ — fail, miss, be unsuccessful, be disappointed
- ἈΠΟΤΥΓΧΑΝΟΥΣΙΝ — fail, miss, be unsuccessful, be disappointed
- ἈΠΟΤΥΧΗ — fail, miss, be unsuccessful, come short
- ἈΠΟΤΥΧΟΝΤΕΣ — failing, having failed, missing, having missed, being unsuccessful, having been unsuccessful
- ἈΠΟΤΥΧΩΝ — having failed, failed, unsuccessful, missing the mark
- ΑΠΕΤΥΧΟΝ — failed, missed, did not obtain, did not succeed
- ΑΠΟΤΕΥΞΕΣΘΑΙ — to fail, to miss, to be disappointed, to fall short, to fail to obtain
- ΑΠΟΤΥΓΧΑΝΩ — to fail, to miss, to fall short, to be unsuccessful
- ΑΠΟΤΥΧΗ — failure, a failure, miscarriage, disappointment
- ΑΠΟΤΥΧΟΝΤΕΣ — failing, having failed, missing the mark, having missed the mark
- ΑΠΟΤΥΧΩΝ — failing, having failed, missing the mark, having missed the mark
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