ΔΕΞΙΑΣΤΕ, δεξιαστε
DEXIASTE, dexiaste
Sounds Like: dex-ee-AH-steh
Translations: greet, welcome, give the right hand, receive
From the root: ΔΕΞΙΟΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is an inflected form of the verb 'δεξιόω' (dexioō), meaning to greet, welcome, or give the right hand to someone. It is used to describe the act of extending a welcome or showing hospitality, often by offering the right hand as a sign of fellowship or agreement. In this form, it is an aorist active imperative, second person plural, indicating a command directed at 'you all' (plural).
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Imperative, Second Person, Plural
Strong’s number: G1188 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 8:5
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΕΞΙΟΩ.
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.
- ΔΕΞΙΟΥΜΕΝΟΥ — receiving, greeting, welcoming, shaking hands, of receiving, of greeting, of welcoming, of shaking hands
- ΔΕΞΙΟΥΜΕΝΟΥΣ — receiving, welcoming, greeting, shaking hands with
- ΔΕΞΙΟΥΣΘΑΙ — to greet, to welcome, to give the right hand to, to shake hands with
- ΔΕΞΙΟΥΤΑΙ — receives, welcomes, greets
- ΔΕΞΙΟΥΤΟ — he greeted, he welcomed, he gave the right hand, he shook hands, he saluted
- ΔΕΞΙΟΩ — to give the right hand, to welcome, to greet, to receive, to shake hands
- ΔΕΞΙΩΣΑΙΝΤΟ — they might welcome, they might greet, they might receive, they might give the right hand to
- ΔΕΞΙΩΣΑΜΕΝΟΣ — having welcomed, having greeted, having received, having given the right hand
- ΔΕΞΙΩΣΑΣΘΑΙ — to greet, to welcome, to give the right hand to, to receive kindly
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