ΔΙΕΣΤΩΣΑΝ, διεστωσαν
DIESTŌSAN, diestōsan
Sounds Like: dee-es-TOH-san
Translations: separated, divided, stood apart, having stood apart, having been separated
From the root: ΔΙΑΪΣΤΗΜΙ
Part of Speech: Participle, Verb
Explanation: This word is a perfect active participle, meaning 'having stood apart' or 'having been separated'. It describes something that has been divided or set apart. As a participle, it can function adjectivally, modifying a noun, or adverbially, describing the manner of an action. It is a compound word formed from διά (dia), meaning 'through' or 'apart', and ἵστημι (histēmi), meaning 'to stand' or 'to cause to stand'.
Inflection: Feminine, Accusative, Plural, Perfect Active Participle
Strong’s number: G1263 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 8 — 6:153
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΙΑΪΣΤΗΜΙ.
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.
- ΔΙΕΣΤΗΚΕ — he has stood apart, he is distant, he has separated, it has stood apart, it is distant, it has separated
- ΔΙΕΣΤΗΣΕΝ — he separated, he divided, he stood apart, he put asunder
- ΔΙΕΣΤΩΣ — separated, standing apart, distant, divided, a separated one, a distant one
- ΔΙΕΣΤΩΤΑΣ — separated, distant, standing apart, those who are separated
- ΔΙΕΣΤΩΤΕΣ — separated, distant, standing apart, those who are separated, those who are distant
- ΔΙΙΣΤΑΝΤΟ — they were standing apart, they were separating, they were divided, they were separating themselves
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