ΔΙΕΣΕΙΟΝ, διεσειον
DIESEION, dieseion
Sounds Like: dee-eh-SEH-ee-on
Translations: shook, was shaking, was extorting, extorted
From the root: ΔΙΑΣΕΙΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the imperfect active indicative, third person singular of the verb διασείω (diaseiō). It is a compound word formed from διά (dia), meaning 'through' or 'apart', and σείω (seiō), meaning 'to shake'. The verb generally means 'to shake thoroughly' or 'to shake violently'. In a figurative sense, it can mean 'to extort' or 'to intimidate', often by shaking down or threatening someone for money or goods. It describes an action that was ongoing or repeated in the past.
Inflection: Imperfect, Active, Indicative, Third Person, Singular
Strong’s number: G1293 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 11:28
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΙΑΣΕΙΩ.
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.
- ΔΙΑΣΕΙΟΥΣΙ — they shake, they shake violently, they agitate, they extort
- ΔΙΑΣΕΙΣΗΤΕ — extort, defraud, shake violently, intimidate, exact
- ΔΙΑΣΕΙΣΘΕΝΤΕΣ — having been shaken, having been extorted, having been intimidated
- ΔΙΑΣΕΙΣΘΕΝΤΩΝ — of those who were shaken, of those who were stirred up, of those who were agitated, of those who were intimidated
- ΔΙΑΣΕΙΣΘΗΝΑΙ — to shake violently, to extort, to intimidate
- ΔΙΑΣΕΙΩ — to extort, to shake violently, to intimidate, to oppress
- ΔΙΕΣΕΙΣΕΝ — shook, shook violently, shook thoroughly, agitated, extorted
- ΔΙΕΣΕΙΣΘΗΜΕΝ — we were shaken, we were thoroughly shaken, we were agitated
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