ἈΣΧΟΛΕΙΝ, ἀσχολειν
ASCHOLEIN, ascholein
Sounds Like: as-kho-LEH-in
Translations: to be occupied, to be busy, to trouble oneself, to have no leisure
From the root: ΑΣΧΟΛΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word means to be occupied or busy with something, often implying a lack of leisure or being troubled by a task. It describes a state of being engaged in an activity that consumes one's time and attention.
Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G0781 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 7 — 14:341
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΣΧΟΛΕΩ.
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.
- ἈΣΧΟΛΗΘΕΝΤΙ — having been occupied, having been busy, having been engaged, to have been occupied, to have been busy, to have been engaged
- ΑΣΧΟΛΕΙΝ — to be occupied, to be busy, to be troubled, to trouble oneself
- ΑΣΧΟΛΕΩ — to be occupied with, to be busy, to have leisure for, to trouble oneself with, to be engrossed in
- ΑΣΧΟΛΗΘΗΣΕΤΑΙ — will be occupied, will be busy, will be engaged, will be troubled
- ἨΣΧΟΛΗΜΕΝΗ — occupied, busy, engaged, devoted, a busy one, an occupied one
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