ΔΙΕΣΚΕΔΑΣΘΑΙ, διεσκεδασθαι
DIESKEDASTHAI, dieskedasthai
Sounds Like: dee-ess-keh-DAS-thai
Translations: to scatter, to disperse, to squander, to waste
From the root: ΔΙΑΣΚΕΔΑΝΝΥΜΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb meaning 'to scatter abroad' or 'to disperse completely'. It describes the act of spreading things out in various directions, often implying a thorough or complete scattering. It can also be used metaphorically to mean to squander or waste resources. It is the perfect passive infinitive form of the verb.
Inflection: Perfect, Passive, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G1287 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 3 Maccabees — 5:30
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΙΑΣΚΕΔΑΝΝΥΜΙ.
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.
- ΔΙΑΣΚΕΔΑΝΝΥΜΙ — to scatter, to disperse, to dissipate, to squander
- ΔΙΑΣΚΕΔΑΝΝΥΤΑΙ — is scattered, is dispersed, is dissipated, is broken up
- ΔΙΑΣΚΕΔΑΣΘΕΝΤΕΣ — scattered, dispersed, having been scattered, having been dispersed
- ΔΙΑΣΚΕΔΑΣΘΕΝΤΟΣ — scattered, dispersed, spread abroad, dissolved, broken up
- ΔΙΑΣΚΕΔΑΣΘΗΣΕΤΑΙ — will be scattered, will be dispersed, will be scattered abroad, will be dispersed abroad
- ΔΙΑΣΚΕΔΑΣΟΥΣΙΝ — they will scatter, they will disperse, they will dissipate
- ΔΙΑΣΚΙΔΝΑΝΤΑΙ — they are scattered, they are dispersed, they are spread abroad
- ΔΙΑΣΚΙΔΝΑΤΑΙ — is scattered, is dispersed, is scattered abroad
- ΔΙΕΣΚΕΔΑΣΤΑΙ — has been scattered, is scattered, has been dispersed, is dispersed, has been spread abroad, is spread abroad
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