ΔΙΕΧΡΗΣΑΝΤΟ, διεχρησαντο
DIECHRĒSANTO, diechrēsanto
Sounds Like: dee-ekh-RAY-san-toh
Translations: they destroyed, they slew, they put to death, they killed
From the root: ΔΙΑΧΡΑΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb, formed from διά (dia, 'through, completely') and χράομαι (chraomai, 'to use'). In this form, it means 'they completely destroyed' or 'they utterly slew'. It is used to describe the act of killing or putting someone to death, often with a sense of finality or thoroughness. It can be used in sentences like 'They destroyed the enemy' or 'They put them to death'.
Inflection: Aorist, Indicative, Middle Voice, 3rd Person, Plural
Strong’s number: G1315 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 6:26
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΙΑΧΡΑΟΜΑΙ.
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.
- ΔΙΑΧΡΑΟΜΑΙ — to use thoroughly, to make full use of, to abuse
- ΔΙΑΧΡΗΣΑΙΤΟ — to destroy, to kill, to put to death, to make away with
- ΔΙΑΧΡΗΣΑΜΕΝΟΙ — having used, having employed, having consumed, having spent
- ΔΙΑΧΡΗΣΑΜΕΝΟΝ — having used up, having destroyed, having killed
- ΔΙΑΧΡΩΜΕΝΩΝ — of those using up, of those consuming, of those destroying, of those killing
- ΔΙΕΧΡΗΣΑΤΟ — he destroyed, he killed, he put to death, he made away with
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