ΔΗΜΑΓΩΓΕΙΝ, δημαγωγειν
DĒMAGŌGEIN, dēmagōgein
Sounds Like: day-mah-goh-GAYN
Translations: to lead the people, to mislead the people, to deceive the people, to flatter the people, to be a demagogue
From the root: ΔΗΜΑΓΩΓΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the present active infinitive form of the verb ΔΗΜΑΓΩΓΕΩ. It means to lead the people, often with the connotation of misleading, deceiving, or flattering them for personal gain. It describes the action of a demagogue, someone who appeals to the desires and prejudices of ordinary people rather than using rational argument. It is a compound word formed from δῆμος (dēmos, 'people') and ἀγωγή (agōgē, 'leading').
Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G1215 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 9:40
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΗΜΑΓΩΓΕΩ.
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.
- ΔΕΔΗΜΑΓΩΓΗΜΕΝΟΙ — having been led by the people, having been demagogued, having been swayed by the populace, having been misled by popular leaders
- ΔΗΜΑΓΩΓΕΩ — to lead the people, to mislead the people, to stir up the people, to instigate, to incite
- ΔΗΜΑΓΩΓΟΥΝΤΕΣ — leading the people, misleading the people, stirring up the people, agitating the people, flattering the people
- ΔΗΜΑΓΩΓΩΝ — leading the people, misleading the people, stirring up the people, agitating the people, a demagogue, of demagogues
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