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ΒΙΒΑΣΘΗΝΑΙ, βιβασθηναι

BIBASTHĒNAI, bibasthēnai

Sounds Like: bee-bas-THEE-nai

Translations: to be mounted, to be lain with, to be made to go up

From the root: ΒΙΒΑΖΩ

Part of Speech: Verb

Explanation: This word is an aorist passive infinitive of the verb ΒΙΒΑΖΩ. While the root verb generally means 'to cause to go up' or 'to make to ascend', in certain contexts, particularly in the Septuagint and New Testament, it takes on a specific, often taboo, meaning related to sexual intercourse, specifically 'to be mounted' or 'to be lain with' by an animal. It describes the action of being made to go up onto something, or in this specific context, to be mounted for sexual purposes.

Inflection: Aorist, Passive, Infinitive

Strong’s number: G0956 (Lookup on BibleHub)


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Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΒΙΒΑΖΩ.

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.

  • ΒΙΒΑΖΩ — to cause to go, to make to go, to bring, to lead, to bring up, to take up

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