ΔΗΜΕΥΕΙΝ, δημευειν
DĒMEUEIN, dēmeuein
Sounds Like: dee-MEH-oo-ein
Translations: to confiscate, to seize, to appropriate, to impound
From the root: ΔΗΜΕΥΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb means to confiscate or seize property, typically by the state or public authority. It describes the act of taking possession of something, often as a penalty or by legal right, for public use or treasury. It can be used in sentences to describe the action of authorities taking someone's possessions.
Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G1214 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 8:6
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΗΜΕΥΩ.
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.
- ΔΕΔΗΜΕΥΝΤΑΙ — have been confiscated, have been seized, have been forfeited
- ΔΗΜΕΥΘΗΣΕΤΑΙ — will be confiscated, will be seized, will be forfeited
- ΔΗΜΕΥΩ — to confiscate, to seize, to appropriate
- ἘΔΗΜΕΥΘΗ — was confiscated, was seized, was made public property
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