ΑἸΧΜΑΛΩΤΙΣΑΙ, αἰχμαλωτισαι
AICHMALŌTISAI, aichmalōtisai
Sounds Like: ahee-khma-loh-TID-zoh
Translations: to take captive, to lead captive, to make prisoner, to enslave
From the root: ΑἸΧΜΑΛΩΤΙΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb means to take someone as a prisoner of war or to lead them into captivity. It can also be used metaphorically to mean to bring someone into subjection or to enslave them. It describes the act of seizing and holding individuals against their will, often in a military context.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G1637 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 9 — 12:249
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑἸΧΜΑΛΩΤΙΖΩ.
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.
- ΑἸΧΜΑΛΩΤΙΖΕΙΝ — to take captive, to lead captive, to make prisoner
- ΑἸΧΜΑΛΩΤΙΖΕΤΑΙ — is taken captive, is led captive
- ΑἸΧΜΑΛΩΤΙΖΟΝΤΑ — capturing, taking captive, leading captive, enslaving, bringing into subjection
- ΑἸΧΜΑΛΩΤΙΖΟΝΤΕΣ — taking captive, making captive, leading captive
- ΑἸΧΜΑΛΩΤΙΣΑΜΕΝΟΙ — having taken captive, having led captive, having made captive
- ΑἸΧΜΑΛΩΤΙΣΑΜΕΝΟΣ — having taken captive, having captured, taking captive, capturing
- ΑἸΧΜΑΛΩΤΙΣΑΝΤΩΝ — of those who took captive, of those who led captive, of those who made captive
- ΑἸΧΜΑΛΩΤΙΣΑΣ — having taken captive, having led captive, having made captive
- ΑἸΧΜΑΛΩΤΙΣΗ — take captive, make captive, lead captive, capture
- ΑἸΧΜΑΛΩΤΙΣΘΕΙΣΑΝ — having been taken captive, having been led captive, having been made prisoner
- ΑἸΧΜΑΛΩΤΙΣΘΕΝΤΑΣ — those who were taken captive, those who were made captive, those who were led away captive
- ΑἸΧΜΑΛΩΤΙΣΘΕΝΤΕΣ — having been taken captive, taken captive, captured
- ΑἸΧΜΑΛΩΤΙΣΘΗΝΑΙ — to be taken captive, to be led captive, to be made captive
- ΑἸΧΜΑΛΩΤΙΣΟΜΕΝΟΥΣ — about to be taken captive, about to be led captive, about to be made captive
- ΑἸΧΜΑΛΩΤΙΣΟΝ — take captive, lead captive, make captive
- ἨΧΜΑΛΩΤΙΣΘΗΝ — I was taken captive, I was led captive, I was made prisoner
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