ΔΙΑΣΤΗΣΑΙ, διαστησαι
DIASTĒSAI, diastēsai
Sounds Like: dee-as-TAY-sai
Translations: to separate, to divide, to stand apart, to put asunder
From the root: ΔΙΪΣΤΗΜΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is an aorist infinitive form of the verb 'diïstēmi', meaning 'to separate' or 'to divide'. It describes the action of causing things or people to stand apart from each other, or to be separated. It can be used in contexts where a group is divided, or individuals are put at a distance from one another.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G1263 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 13 — 11:305
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 9:57
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΙΪΣΤΗΜΙ.
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.
- ΔΙΑΣΤΑΝΤΟΣ — of having stood apart, of having separated, of having departed, of having withdrawn
- ΔΙΕΣΤΗ — stood apart, separated, divided, departed, was separated, was divided
- ΔΙΕΣΤΗΚΟΤΕΣ — separated, standing apart, distant, having stood apart, being separated
- ΔΙΕΣΤΗΣΑΝ — they stood apart, they separated, they withdrew, they departed
- ΔΙΕΣΤΗΣΑΤΟ — separated, stood apart, withdrew, divided
- ΔΙΕΣΤΩΣΑ — separated, standing apart, distant, being distant
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