ΔΕΡΟΝΤΕΣ, δεροντες
DERONTES, derontes
Sounds Like: DEH-ron-tes
Translations: flogging, beating, skinning, flaying, those who flog, those who beat
From the root: ΔΕΡΩ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word is the present active participle of the verb 'δέρνω' (derno), meaning 'to flog' or 'to beat'. As a participle, it describes an ongoing action and can function adjectivally or adverbially, often translated as 'flogging' or 'beating'. It can also refer to 'those who are flogging' or 'those who are beating'. The primary sense is to strike repeatedly, often with a whip or rod, but it can also mean to skin or flay an animal.
Inflection: Present Active Participle, Nominative, Masculine, Plural
Strong’s number: G1194 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΕΡΩ.
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.
- ΔΑΙΡΟΜΕΝΑ — being flayed, being skinned, being beaten, being thrashed, being scourged, being whipped
- ΔΑΡΗΣΕΣΘΕ — you will be beaten, you will be flogged, you will be scourged
- ΔΑΡΗΣΕΤΑΙ — will be beaten, will be flogged, will be scourged
- ΔΕΙΡ — to flay, to skin, to strip off, to peel
- ΔΕΙΡΑΝΤΕΣ — having flayed, having skinned, having beaten, having scourged
- ΔΕΡΕΙ — strikes, beats, flays, whips
- ΔΕΡΕΙΣ — you strike, you beat, you flog, you skin, you flay
- ΔΕΡΕΣΘΑΙ — to flay, to skin, to beat, to flog, to scourge
- ΔΕΡΩ — to flay, to skin, to beat, to flog, to scourge
- ΔΕΡΩΝ — beating, flogging, striking, skinning, flaying, one who beats, while beating
- ἘΔΕΙΡΑΝ — they flayed, they beat, they flogged, they skinned
- ΕΔΕΙΡΑΝ — they flayed, they skinned, they stripped
- ΕΔΙΡΑ — they beat, they flogged, they flayed, they skinned
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