ΑΠΟΘΕΩ, αποθεω
APOTHEŌ, apotheō
Sounds Like: ah-poh-THEH-oh
Translations: deify, make a god of, worship as a god
From the root: ΑΠΟΘΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word means to deify or to make someone into a god, essentially to worship them as divine. It describes the act of elevating a person or entity to the status of a deity. It is a compound word formed from 'ΑΠΟ' (APO), meaning 'from' or 'away from', and 'ΘΕΩ' (THEO), related to 'ΘΕΟΣ' (THEOS), meaning 'god'.
Inflection: First Person Singular, Present Indicative, Active Voice
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΠΟΘΕΩ.
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.
- ἈΠΩΣΗΣ — you rejected, you cast off, you pushed away, you thrust away, you repudiated
- ΑΠΩΘΟΥΜΕΝΟΣ — thrusting away, pushing away, rejecting, refusing, casting off, repudiating, putting away, a thrusting away, a pushing away, a rejecting, a refusing, a casting off, a repudiating, a putting away
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