ΒΑΡΒΑΡΟΙΣΙΣΤΟΡΗΤΑΙ, βαρβαροισιστορηται
BARBAROISISTORĒTAI, barbaroisistorētai
Sounds Like: bar-BAH-royce-is-to-RAY-tai
Translations: it has been recorded by barbarians, it has been narrated among barbarians, it has been inquired by barbarians
From the root: ΒΑΡΒΑΡΟΣ, ΙΣΤΟΡΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound of two separate Koine Greek words, likely run together in the original text. The first part, 'ΒΑΡΒΑΡΟΙΣ' (BARBAROIS), is the dative plural of 'ΒΑΡΒΑΡΟΣ' (BARBAROS), meaning 'barbarians' or 'foreigners'. The second part, 'ΙΣΤΟΡΗΤΑΙ' (ISTORĒTAI), is the perfect passive indicative or subjunctive, third person singular, of the verb 'ἱστορέω' (historeō), meaning 'to inquire', 'to learn by inquiry', 'to narrate', or 'to record'. Therefore, the combined phrase means 'it has been recorded by/among barbarians' or 'it has been narrated by/among barbarians'. It describes something that has been documented or told by non-Greeks.
Inflection: Compound word: ΒΑΡΒΑΡΟΙΣ is Dative, Plural, Masculine or Feminine; ΙΣΤΟΡΗΤΑΙ is Perfect, Passive, Indicative or Subjunctive, Third Person, Singular
Strong’s numbers: G0915 (Lookup on BibleHub), G2478 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Six — 3:23
From the same root
No other words from the same root, ΒΑΡΒΑΡΟΣ, ΙΣΤΟΡΕΩ, appear in our texts.
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